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WM. C. BECKERT, ALLEGHEIfY, PA. 



ChaDtenay. 



Improved LoDg Orange. 



Half Long P. 



Eootecl. Early Scarlet Horn. 



CARROT. (Mohre.) 



The carrot Is one of the most health 

 fill and nutritious of our garden roots 

 and deserves to be more extensively 

 used for culinary purposes. As an 

 agricultural root the carrot is not 



surpassed for feeding horses and milch cows, and every fanner 

 should plant a few for this purpose. The carrot succeeds best on 

 a light, sandy loam, made rich hy manurmir the previous vear. 

 In freshly manured hvnd, the roots oiten grow prongea ana lu- 

 shaped. The secret of success is to secure a quick germination and 



growth of the young plants, which may be accomplished by rich soil, w-ell prepared, and press- 

 ing the soil firmly over the seed with the feet or a roller. It is better to sow as early in the 

 spring as the ground can be made ready, but if planting is necessarily delayed until late in the 

 season, soak the seed in tepid water, then dry by mixing in sifted coal ashes or plaster, and sow 

 on freshly prepared soil. 

 jg^One ounce to 100 feet of drill ; four pounds to the acre. 



B^Carrots all varieties except where marked, 5 cents per packet, 10 cents per ounce, 

 joptents per one=fourth pound, $1.00 per pound. If by mail, 8 cents per pound for postage. 



^Early Scarlet Horn. Grown for the very early out-door crop: stump-rooted and about 

 three inches in length: color bright orange, quality excellent. Owing to the shortness of the 

 roots they can be grown in quite shallow soil : this varietj^ being used %vhen quite young will 

 require no thinning out in the rows, if sown somewhat sparingly. " ° 



VT1alf= Long Point= Rooted. With the exception that in this varietj' the roots are pointed, it 

 does not.dn oize, earliness or quality, differ from the Half -Long Stump-Rooted sort. 



^ Half=Long Stump=Rooted. In size and time of maturity it is intermediate between the 

 Dutch Hoi-n and the Long Orange; it is a very desirable variety and much grown for market: 

 well adapted for both second early and late crop ; smooth and rich orange in color and of 

 the best quality. 



, Chantenay. In season it is between the Half-Long and 

 'Danvers. while more even in shape and smoother than the 



latter: it W' ill please as a market sort for table use, being an 



extra heavy yielder and of exquisite flavor. 



^ Guerande, or Oxheart. This new variety is intermediate 

 in length between the two preceding sorts, and the Dutch 

 Hom ; it is very well adapted to grow in shallow soil ; attains 

 to a diameter of three and four inches in thickness, and is of 

 excellent quality. 



. Half=Long Nantes. A new and veiy fine stump-rooted 

 sort: much resembles the Half- Long Stump-Rooted, but 

 grows to a larger size. 



- Intermediate Red. An excellent varietv for either field or 



garden culture, as it produces a large-growing symmetrical Large White Belgian. A white-fleshed variety, gro^^^l 



tween^the Half-" j exclusively for stock; exceedingly coarse and less nutritious 

 ..r.^- TT^^,r ew,^^^ ^j^.^^ other sorts, but very productive. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 



Intermediate Red. 



variety in cultivation, used mainly for forcing; roots of 

 small size, nearly round, of a rich orange color, and excellent 

 flavor. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, >4 lb. 30c. 



Y Saint Vallery. Roots of good size. 10 to 12 inches in 

 length. 2 to 3 inches in diameter and very smooth and regular, 

 tapering gradually from the shoulder to the tip of the root; 

 ver5- productive and of excellent qualitj'. 

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I Danver's Half»Long. In form midway between the Long 

 Orange and Short Horn; a first class carrot for all soils, and 

 immensely productive; it will yield the greatest bulk with 

 the smallest length of root of anj' sort now grown; grows 

 very smooth and handsome; rich dark orange in color. 



root of a deep orange-red color; in size bet 

 Long and Long Orange varieties; the roots grow very smooth 

 and straight, and are singularly free from roughness : the top; 

 are small, considering the size of the roots, and, altogether 

 .It is a varietj' valuable alike for either the table or for feed 

 ing to stock 



Improved Long Orange. A decided improvement on the 

 Old Long Orange, and is more extensively grown than any 

 other variety, being considered best for general crop ; ha 

 equal to the Danvers in quality, but desirable both as a farm 

 and garden crop. 



Early French Forcing or Golden Ball. The earliest 



}4 lb. 20c, lb. 70c. 



Large Yellow Belgian, l^ot differing materially from 

 the Large White, except in color. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c. K lb. 20c, 

 lb. 70c. 



Large White Vosges. This field carrot is espe- 

 cially suitable for soils that are not very deep; it is productive, 

 easily pulled and keeps well. It is very broad at the neck, 

 narrowed abruptly to the point: one of the very best carrots 

 for cattle feeding. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, }4 lb. 20c, lb. 60c. 



