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Garotte, Fr. 



CARROT 



Zanahoria, Sp. 

 Mohre, Ger. 



One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill; 3 to 4 pounds for an acre 



fertile soil that is well supplied with humus, or on strong 

 crop sow seed of the early short rooted sorts in April or 

 May or June, or for succession even in July, using the 



CULTURE. — Carrots do best in warm, deep, rather light and fairly 

 loam, having been in clover and broken the year before. For the earliest 

 May in drills a foot apart and thin to 2 inches. For main crop, sow in 

 longer rooted varieties. The rows for these 

 may be 16 to 20 inches apart, and the plants 

 thinned to 2, 3 or even 4 inches. To raise 

 Carrots for stock, the rows may be made 

 wide enough apart, say 2 to 2^ feet, to 

 allow of cultivation by horsepower. In 

 sowing Carrot or other small seed, especi- 

 ally 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. Varieties marked 

 * are good for stock feeding. 

 Dreer's Perfect Forcing. (See Colored 



Plate and page 8.) Pkt., lOcts. ;oz., 



25cts.; \ lb., 70 cts.; lb., $2.25. 

 Sutton's Red Intermediate. (See 



Specialties, page 5.) Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 



20 cts.; } lb., 60 cts.; lb., $2.00. 

 Earliest Short Horn(i^?'«;<c7t^(9rcu( ,(7). 



Small size, reddish-orange, of globular 



shape and excellent flavor. Pkt., 10 cts. ; 



oz., lo cts.; \ lb., 45 cts.; lb., $1.50. 

 Early Scarlet Horn. Roots grow about 



2 inches long; reddish-orange and good 



flavor. May be grown in frames or in 



the open ground. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 



cts.; \ lb., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. 

 Improved Rubicon. Grows about the 



same length as the well-known Danvers, 



but thicker, and is rich dark orange in 



color, very sweet and of a mild flavor. 



Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; \ lb., 40 cts.; 



lb., $1.25. 

 *Danver8' Half = Long Orange. (See 



cut.) 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. 



Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; J lb., 40 cts.; 



lb., $1.25. 



Chantenay Half- Long. (See cut.) 

 Half-long, stump-rooted.slightly tapered 

 and has a smooth orange-redskin, crisp, 

 tender and of excellent quality. The 

 root is broad at top, grows about 5 or 6 

 inches long and may be used while small. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; \ lb., 40 

 cts.; lb., $1.25. 



St. Valery. A large and handsome 

 Carrot, between the half long and long 

 varieties. Broad at neck, tapering to a 

 point; orange color and of good quality. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; \ lb., 40 

 cts.; lb., $1.L'5. 



Querande, or Oxheart. A good variety 

 on soils too hard and stiff for the longer- 

 growing sorts. The root is short, very 

 thick, and flesh is a bright orange color. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; J lb., 40 cts.; 

 lb., $1.25. 



*Nichol's Improved Long Orange. 

 A selection of the Long Orange Carrot, 

 and the best variety for stock feeding. 

 Color deep orange, and when small it 

 may be used for the table. Pkt., 5 cts. ; 

 oz., 10 cts.; \ lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1,00. 



*Large White Belgian. Used for feed- 

 ing cattle. Pkt, 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 

 ^Ib., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. 



