“HENRY A DREER: PHILADELPHIA PA: 
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5S) RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS~ | 
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Mohre, GER. Cc ARRO . Carotte, FR. Zonahoria, Sp. 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill; 3 to 4 pounds for an acre. 
Culture.—Carrots do best in warm, deep, rather light and fairly fertile soil that is well supplied with humus, or on strong loam 
having been in clover and broken the year before. 
drills a foot apart and thin to 2 inches. 
varieties. 
For earliest crop sow seed of the early, short-rooted sorts in April or May, in 
For main crop, sow in May or June, or for succession even in July, using the longer-rooted 
The rows for these may be 16 to 20 inches apart, and the plants thinned to 2, 3 or even 4 inches. 
stock, the rows may be made wide enough apart, say 2 to 2} feet, to allow of cultivation by horse power. 
To raise Carrots for 
In sowing Carrot or other 
small seeds, especially during dry weather, pains should be taken to firm the soil well over the seed, either by means of the feet, or 
with the roller of the garden drill. 
Sutton’s Red Intermediate. (See Specialties, page 9.) 
Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 41b., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. 
Dreer’s Perfect Forcing Carrot. A fine half-long 
variety, beautiful bright scarlet, transparent, crisp and almost 
without a core. Remarkably small top and can be planted 
very close in frame. It also does well grown in the open 
ground. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; }1b., 50 cts. 
Earliest Short Horn (French Forcing). This variety 
is small, reddish orange, of globular shape and excellent 
flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 4 lb., 35 cts.; Ib., $1.00. 
Early Scarlet Horn. A favorite early red summer variety. 
Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 4 lb., 30 cts.; lb., 90 cts. 
Early Half=-Long Scarlet. A desirable point-root sort, pro- 
ductive and early, coming in between Scarlet Horn and Long 
Orange. Pkt., dcts.; oz., 10cts.; 1 1b., 30 cts.; lb., 90 cts. 
*Danvers’ Half=Long Orange. A rich orange-red variety, 
very smooth and handsome, producing very large crops. An 
excellent market variety. Tops are of medium size and 
coarsely divided. The roots taper to a blunt point; flesh 
sweet, crisp and tender. Although the roots of this variety 
grow shorter, it produces more bulk to the acre than the 
larger field varieties. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; } lb., 30 cts.; 
Ib., $1.00. . 
Improved Rubicon. Grows about the same length as the 
well-known Danvers, but thicker, and isa rich dark orange 
in color. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 4 lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. 
Chantenay Half=Long. (See cut.) Resembling the Nantes, 
with larger shoulder. Medium early and heavy cropper. 
Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 4 lb., 30 cts,; Ib., $1.00. 
Early Half=Long Carentan. An excellent scarlet variety, 
without core, for forcing or the open ground. Pkt., 5 cts.; 
oz., 10 cts.; $ lb., 30 cts.; lb., 90 cts. 
Half=Long Nantes. An excellent early half-long, stump- 
rooted variety, of superior quality. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts,; 
$ Ib., 30 cts.; lb., 90 cts. 
St. Valery. A desirable sort for private gardens; orange 
color, Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; }1b., 30 cts.; Ib., 90 cts. 
Guerande, or Oxheart. A good variety on soils too hard 
and stiff for the longer-growing sorts. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 
cts.; } lb., 30 cts.; lb., 90 cts. 
*Nichol’s Improved Long Orange. This is a very fine 
selection of the Long Orange Carrot. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 
cts.; 4 lb., 25 cts.; 1b., 80 cts. 
*Long Orange. Pkt., 5 cts., oz., 10 cts.; } 1b., 20 cts,; 
lb., 74 cts. 
*Altringham. 
lb., 75 cts. 
*Large White Belgian. 
20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. 
*Improved Short White. 
20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. 
COLLARDS. 
Blatterkohi, GER. Chou Coba, FR. Cabu, SP. 
Culture.—Sow seed the same as for late cabbage plants. 
The crop of greens may be grown directly in the seed rows, or 
the plants may be transplanted and set a foot apart in the rows. 
Best after being touched by frost. One ounce will pro= 
duce about 3000 plants. 
Creole, or Southern. 
for cabbage in the South. 
30 cts.; Ib., $1.00. 
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akfepmonctss5) OZ eli etsy titles 
Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; }$ lb., 
Cabbage greens, used as a substitute 
Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 4 Ib., 
Varieties marked * are good for stock feeding. 
CHICORY. 
Culture.—Sow seed in early spring as for carrots, in rows. 
12 to 16 inches apart, and thin the plants to 2 or 3 inches. To. 
blanch the leaves for salad in winter, dig the rcots in the fall, 
cut the leaves off a little above the root crown, and place them 
horizontally in layers, alternating with layers of sand or loam, 
in a dark cellar, the tops all pointing outward of the sloping 
heap or heaps. To raise witloof, plant the roots, with leaves 
removed, in the cellar or greenhouse in the fall, and cover 8 to. 
12 inches deep with loose litter or coarse manure. One ounce 
to 100 feet of drill, 
Common, or Wild. Sown in June, the roots are trans- 
planted in autumn into sand in the cellar; the shoots, which 
will come up soon, form the ‘‘Barbe de Capucin,’”’ Pkt., 
5 cts.; 0z,, 10 cts.; 4 Ib., 25 cts.; lb., 85 cts, 
Large Rooted. Used to mix with or asa substitute for coffee. 
Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 4.1b., 35 cts.; lb., $1.00. 
Witloof Chicory. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; 4 1b., 40 cts.; 
Ib,, $1.25. 
CORN SALAD (Fetticus). 
Stecksalat, GER. Mache, Fr. Mache 6 Valerianilla, Sp. 
Culture.—Sow in spring in drills 1 foot apart; it will mature 
in six to eight weeks. For winter and early spring use, sow In 
drills in August and September, Three ounces to 100 feet. 
of drill. 
Large Seeded. 
lb., 75 cts. 
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