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FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



CARROT 



The carrot is one of the most wholesome and nutritious of our garden roots deserving to be more extensively used 

 for culinary purposes and we urge our customers to give some of the early table varieties as well as feeding sorts a trial. 

 For horses and especially as winter feed for milch cows, the carrot cannot be surpassed and it should be more largely 

 grown by farmers for this purpose , . ,!.,.,«: 



While a sandy loam made rich by manuring the previous year is the best soil for the carrot, any good land if thor- 

 oughly and deeply worked will produce satisfactory crops. It is advisable to sow as early in the spring as the ground 

 is fit to work though good crops may be grown from sowings as late as June 15. For table use sow the smaller 

 kinds early in' rows sixteen to eighteen inches apart. For field culture sow in drills eighteen to twenty-four inches 

 apart using from one and one-half to three pounds of seed to the acre. Cover 



one-half to one inch deep and see to it 



that the soil is pressed firmly above 



the seed. As soon as the plants appear, 



use the cultivator or wheel hoe. Thin 



four to six inches apart in the row. 



Earliest Short Horn Forcing) 



One of the earliest varieties in cultiva- 

 tion and very desirable for forcing, 

 Tops very small. Roots nearly round 

 and of reddish orange color. When 

 fully matured about two inches long, 

 but should be used before fully grown 

 while young and tender. Pkt. 5c; 

 Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; V 4 Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 



T7 i e l m. u Excellent 



harly Scarlet Horn for early 



planting out of doors. Tops small. 

 Roots orange-red, about three inches 

 long, top shaped but tapering abruptly 

 to a sir nil tap. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 

 2 Oz. 20c; V 4 Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 



Early Half Long Scarlet tops 



Car en tan are vei T small; roots of 



vaicniaii medium size, cylindrical 

 with remarkably small necks, hand- 

 some deep orange color, tender through- 

 out and of the best quality. The seed 

 may be sown very thick and the vari- 

 ety is well adapted for forcing. ( Very 

 short crop; sold out) 



Early Scarlet Horn 



Danvers 



Half Long Scarlet Nantes, 



Tops small; roots 

 cylindrical, smooth, 

 Stlimn Rooted k"ght orange; flesh orange, becom- 

 aiuiiip rvuuieu ing ye iiowin center but very tender 

 throughout. Of the finest quality and one of the most sym- 

 metrical and handsome of the medium sized sorts; excel- 

 lent for the market or home garden. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 

 2 Oz. 15c; y 4 Lb. 25c; Lb. 90c. 

 f*i . Very productive, medium early and of 



x^nantenay excellent quality. Tops medium sized, 

 necks small. Roots thick, uniformly half long or stump 

 rooted but tapering slightly, deep orange-red in color. 

 Flesh very crisp and tender. Although a medium early 

 sort the roots are suitable for use nearly as early as any. 

 One of the best in quality for the market and home 

 garden, while its great productiveness and the ease with 

 which it can be harvested make it verv desirable as a field 

 sort. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; % Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 



Gi A ft . Especially desirable for 



uerande, or Ux Heart soil so hard and stiff 



that longer rooted sorts would not thrive in it. Tops 

 comparatively small. Roots four and one-half to five 

 inches long, very thick, ending abruptly in a small tap 

 root. Flesh bright orange, fine grained and sweet. When 

 young the roots are excellent for table use and when 

 mature are equally good for stock feeding. Pkt, 5c; 

 Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 25c; Lb. 90c. 

 n A half long orange carrot, grown largely on 



L/anverS account of its great productiveness and 

 adaptability to all classes of soil. Tops of medium size. 

 Roots of medium length, tapering- uniformly to a blunt 

 point. Flesh deep orange, crisp and tender. Although the 

 roots of this variety are comparatively short they pro- 

 duce as large a bulk as the longer field sorts and are more 

 easily harvested. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; % Lb. 30c; 

 Lb. $1.00 



GUERANDE, OR Ox HEART 



f j f This is a 



Improved Long decided 



OrarKTo improvement ob- 

 vrdn s e tainedby years of 

 careful selection of the best 

 formed and deepest colored 

 roots of the old Long Orange, 

 which was the most popular of 

 the older sorts for farm use on 

 deep and mellow soil. The 

 roots of the strain we offer are 

 very deep orange, long and 

 comparatively thick, often 

 twelve inches in length and 

 three inches in diameter at the 

 crown, tapering regularly to 

 a point. Tops small for the 

 size of the root. Suitable for 

 table use as well as stock 

 feeding, combining great pro- 

 ductiveness with uniform 

 shape and fine grained, sweet 

 flesh. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 

 2 Oz. 15c; Va Lb. 25c; Lb. 90c. 



D1V/I T?a. JP C * ( - )ne °*- tne vei T l3est fielci carrots because of its 



. IVl. r erry OC ^-.O S enormous productiveness and the ease with which 

 Imnrnvprl SKru-f ^ft/T»it*» Jt can De harvested. Roots half long, smooth, 

 improved onori VV niie very heavy at the shoulder but tapering regu- 

 larly to the point; color creamy white with light green crown. Flesh white, solid, 

 crisp and of excellent quality' for stock feeding. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c 

 % Lb. 20c; Lb. 65c. 



Improved Long 

 Orange 



