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X CARROTS 



GELBE-RUBEN 



Ox Heart Carrot 



EARLY SCARLET HORN. This has always been the general favorite for an early crop, 

 a bright orange color, of delicate flavor. Packets, 5 and 10 cents; Yi pound, 50 cents- 

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 OX HEART SELECTED STOCK. A thick carrot, five inches long and very blunt at the 

 lower extremity. It grow- very rapidly and the roots attain a weight of more than a pound. 

 It i* tender, and of a deep red color and is a variety we can recommend to all market gar- 

 dener-. Packet. 5 cent?: ounce. 15 cents; Ya, pound 50 cents; pound, $1.75. 



HALF LONG ORANGE. A ' andsome, cylindrical-shaped carrot of good size. It is of 

 rich, dark orange odor, grows to a large size, is smooth and the flesh very close in texture, 

 with little ore It is a first-class carrot for all soils, and it is claimed that under good culti- 

 vation it will yield the great- 

 est weight per acre with the 

 smallest length of rot of any 

 now grown. Packets, 5 and 

 10c; J4 pound, 50c; yi pound, 

 90c; pound, $1.75. 



HALF LONG DANVERS. 

 This is a broad - shouldered 

 Carrot, cylindrical in shape, 

 stump - rooted, of excellent 

 color, best flavor and a most 

 wonderful producer. Ready 

 in about sixty-five davs from 

 the time of sowing. It is not 

 only one of the best for the 

 table, but is so easily har- 

 vested. Packet, 5c; ounce, 

 15c; 2 ounces, 30c; % pound, 

 50c; pound, $1.75. 



HENDERSON'S INTER- 

 MEDIATE CARROT. One 

 of the best main crop carrots. 

 It is noted for its smoothness 

 of shape, its tenderness of 

 flesh and beauty of color. It 

 is free from any coarse, rank 

 flavor. Packets, 5 and 10c; 

 Ya pound, 50c; pound, $1.75. 

 PRIDE OF THE MARKET CARROT. This beautiful medium size, pointed-root carrot 

 is just what gardener? want for an ear 1 - crop. In color, earliness, size, form and shape it 

 excels all other sorts, and, of course, sells itself. Packet, 5c: ounce, 15c; Y* pound, 50c; 

 pound, $1.75. 



EARLY RUBICON CARROT. Is a half long Orange, stump-rooted Carrot, of a beauti- 

 ful, deep-red orange color. It is earlier than Danvers, about the same length, but heavier and 

 thicker at the shoulder, making it more productive. The leaves are also shorter, fewer and 

 finer. It is a wonderfully heavy cropper, producing thirty to forty tons to the acre under 



good culture. Packet, 5c; ounce 10c; Y* 



Three ounces of seed to 100 yards; four 

 pounds to the acre. 



CULTURE OF CARROTS. Carrots, to grow to 

 perfection, require a deep, rich, sandy loam, well 

 pulverized and deeply cultivated. For an early 

 crop sow in May and June in drills about one 

 foot apart, thinning out to four inches in the 

 row; sow for winter crop in June and July. It 

 is very important to tread the rows firmly after 

 sowing the seed. 



Carrot 



Long Orange Carrot 



O Rooted Celery 



pound, 50c; pound, $1.75. 



NICHOL'S LONG ORANGE IM- 

 PROVED. One of the most desirable for 

 either garden or field culture. It grows to 

 a large size, fair specimens averaging 12 

 inches in length and 3 inches in diameter at 

 the top. All who have cattle should raise 

 a surplus of this carrot for feeding milch cows during the winter. It 

 increases the flow of milk and imparts to the butter a rich, golden 

 color. It is more largely used than any other variety by market gar- 

 deners. Packets, 5 and 10c; J4 pound, 50c; J^ pound, 90c; pound, $1.75. 



CELERIAC or TURNIP-ROOTED CELERY 



(KNOLLE CELLERIE) 

 CULTURE OF ROOT CELERY. Sow the seed the same season and »lve 

 same treatment as common celery. Transplant the young plants to raoUt, 

 rich soil in rows two feet and six inches apart in the row. 



NEW LARGE, SMOOTH, PRAGUE CELERIAC. A new and 

 quite distinct sort, roots being very smooth, large and round. They 

 may be cooked and sliced and eaten with vinegar. Packets, 5 and 10c; 

 ounce, 15c; Ya pound, 40c; pound, $1.25. 



