Carrots and Cauliflower 



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CARROTS. 



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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 

 SEEDSMEN 



NEW YORK 



Carotte. Zanahoria. 



9JJi3^ren. 



One ounce will sow loofeet of row -210:1 

 pounds required for an acre. 



^rnnnH*^ ^T''^u\ °" "^^^'^ manured 

 ground, which has a tendency to pro- 

 duce forked roots; the land should 

 therefore be manured the previous 

 season. For early crops sow as soon 

 as the ground can be worked, and for 

 later crops from the beginning until 

 the end of May, in rows 15 inches 

 apart and % mch deep. Thin out the 

 young plants to 5 inches, and keep 

 the hoL °''^'' "^^ ^ frequent use of 

 For field culture, sow in drills from 

 20 to 30 inches apart, and when plants 

 are i to 2 inches high thin out to from 

 4 to 8 inches apart in the rows An 

 important feature in sowing Carrots 

 as in all other seeds, is firming the 

 seed in the soil ; this may be done 

 with foot or spade. 



If to be forwarded by mail, add at the 



rate of 8 cts. per lb. for postage. 

 ♦lEarliest French Forcing. 



Earliest of all varieties, and esped- 

 ally adapted for forcing; delicate 

 fine grained and remarkably fine 



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^afo^^sfrpLfsTo^^^^^^^^^^ 

 stump-rooted, therefore easily pulled 

 grows well in shallow soil ; color a 

 deep orange ; flesh fine grained Pkt 

 5 cts., 02. 10 cts., Klb. 30 cts., lb. $, . ■ 

 f Guerande, or O.xheart. Very 

 desirable, beingintermediatein length 

 between the half-long varieties and 

 the Scarlet Horn; in bulk of crop com- 

 pares favorably with the long varie- 

 fto !1 fn T^ ^' *,'^^.'°P ^ diameter Of 

 Pkt rA "' °^ fine table quality 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. IOC, Jilb. 30c , lb. %i 



J Danver's Half-Long Orange. 



This variety is extensively cultivated 

 both for market and family use Pkt 

 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Jilb. 30 cts lb Si 

 Improved Long Orange Carrot, t Half-Long Stump-Rooted. In- 

 turing between Long Orange and ™arlLf Horn ^* ^""^ PT°d °f ma- 

 good quality. Pkt. 5^ts., of.'io cts.f 'j^'lt^aj cts , lb' VcYs!"'"' '°" °' 



Improved Long 

 Orange. For gar- 

 den and field crops 

 tn.. :s the best and 



CAULIFLOWER. 



Chou-Fleur. Coliflor. Srumenfo^I. 



One ounce wUl sow a bed of ,0 square feet, and produce about .,000 plants 



a ^.l^ir^iZ^S'Z FebrL?;' '^f't' t?*^"?^^" ^^^ ^^e seed in 

 transplant 3 inches apart in boxes or hofh.H^ P'ants are large enough 

 If hardened off they'^are seldom iniu^edbv'r^'n't' '™^ '° P'^"* out. 

 the ground can be properly prTpa^edSp?;."^ °."* ^^ ^^^'y as 

 2 feet between the rows.^ Keep ther^ welf ho.H ''°'''h' 1^?'^' apart and 

 gradually up to the stems, wat^erino- frellv in d^v 'J ^^"^ ^^^. ^^''^" 

 cially when thev begin to head C^J^ft^,IJ -n^ weather, and espe- 

 weather, therefore the time of plantrn^ sh^nlH^K "°* ^^^'^ ^" ^ot, dry 

 will head either in early summ^er or altumn ^" """^^^'"^ ^° ^^^^ '' 



Early Snowball Cauliflower. 



Danver's Half-Long Orange Carrot. 



most profitable va- 

 riety grown. Pkt. 5 

 cts , oz. ID cts., !ilb 

 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



JCarentan. A 



half-long, stump- 

 rooted variety of fine 

 quality and perfect 

 shape; skin smo<th, 

 Hesh red and free 

 from core or heart 

 and tender. Pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 10 cts 

 ^Ib. 30cts , lb. Si. 



Large AVhite 

 Belgian. A very 

 productive kind, 

 grown almost exclu- 

 sively for stock. Oz. 

 10 cts., HXh. 20 cts., 

 lb. 50 cts. 



foiSed.'compSra^-dl.molfs'n'f variety grown, producing perfectly 

 the surest to hiad. Pkt ^o cts ^^^^^^^^^^^ heads of the finest quality^ 



sj siTef s?,^?ff iv^'ira, ti"" -"nfa?.'/s,£ 



CRESS, or PEPPERGRASS. 



Cresson. Berro o Mastuerzo. .^reffe 

 Sow early in April in shallow drills a foot apart; fur succession 

 repeat every two weeks, as it soon runs to seed succession. 



Extra Curled. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., %\\,. 15 cts., lb. 40 cts. 

 \/ ^WATER CRBSS. 



f„lK,^yt'fh5''.l^^ ""f^y ^^ ^'■•°'^" '" ^"y mo'st situation, but more success- 

 fully by the edge of a running brook. The seed may be sown fn May 

 n^,n^ H^ "x"!!^ '^,h^''^ '^'^ intended to be grown, and the thinnings tS 

 Cress will I^^fi?^?"'" 1°"''^ "^1^^' "°t less than a foo apart The 

 £lb $725 ^b ^ gathering the second year. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts.! 



