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Johnson & Stokes' Specialties for Market Gardeners. 





Hichols' Improved Long Orange Carrot. 



We procured this stock, now ofi'ered for sale for the first 

 time, from Jlr. Robert Nichols, who for many years has been 

 one of the most successful marl^et gardeners of this city. The 

 strain is earlier than either the well-known Dan vers orI/)ng 

 Orange as usually sold. The color is of a deep golden orange 

 when no thicker "than an ordinary lead pencil, shading to a 

 deep orange red when fully grown. The root is perfectly 

 smooth from the shoulder to the extreme tip. and entirely 

 devoid of side rootlets in all stages of growth. It grows 

 without any neck whatever. the topis short, and this, together 

 with its extreme earliiiess, admirably fits it for growing in 

 hot-beds. 



We pronounce it a superb carrot, either for earlv or late 

 use. Oz., 10c.; H lb., 25c.; lb., 8.5c.; 2 lbs., S1.50 ; 5 lbs., «3..50. 



Improved Danvers Carrot. 



Our pure American stock of this valuable variety is pre- 

 ferred by many market gardeners to any other sort for forcing 

 under glass. The top is very small ; color of a rich shade of 

 orange : shape very handsome and smooth ; quality the 

 very best. One highly valuable feature of our strain is that it 

 has its full color when quite voung. Oz. lOc; J4 l^., 20c.; lb., 

 70c.; 2 lbs., S1.30 ; 5 lbs., SJ.OO". 



New RabicoD Halt Long Carrot. 



In the Rubicon we have an entirely new and distinct 

 American carrot ; very symmetrical in shape, and of a dark 

 •orange color, selected" and perfected by a Connecticut 

 gardener. The stock is so finely bred that the carrots have 

 attained such uniform shape that" they are almost exact dupli- 

 cates of each other. It is earlier than the Danvers and about 

 the same length ; the leaves are one-third shorter, fewer and 

 finer than this well-known sort : these features make it 

 extremely well adapted to growing under glass, it isa splen- 

 did sort, however, for growing outside at any season of the 

 year. It grows without neck, the crown is hollow, and it 

 grows well under the ground, which prevents it from becom- 

 ing sunburnt —a very important feature. Our customers will 

 find the Rubicon a decided acquisition and need have no 

 hesitation in planting it largely. Oz., I-dc; 14 lb.. 40c.; lb., 

 $1.25; 2 lbs., S2.25. 



Jled Parisian Porcing Carrot. 



A new and very distinct variety, from France, now offered 

 or the first time in America. It is the earliest of all carrots, 

 orming roots much quicker than the well-knowTi Frencli 

 '•'i>rciiig. It has a tine neck ; leaves sliort and erect ; quality 

 •xcellent. Oz.. loc; ^ lb.. 35c.; lb., SI.iD. 



E.\RLY OX-HEART OK GVER.4NDE CARROT. 



Ox-Heart, or Goerande Carrot. 



Market gardenci-s should plant more of this fine early sort 

 than they do. We recommend it highly for either early or 

 late planting: its yield is enormous. In length it is inter- 

 mediate between the Short Horn and the Danvers, but much 

 thicker than the latter. Both its color and quality are all 

 hat can be desired in a carrot. Oz., 10c ; }■.^ lb.. 25c.; lb.. 85c. 



