M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



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The Carrot is one of the most wholesome and nutritious of oui* garden roots deserving to be more extensively used 

 for culinary puii>oses and we urge our readers to give some of the early table soits a trial. For feeding stock, especially 

 horses and milch cows, the carrot cannot be surpassed and it should be more largely grown by farmers for this purpose. 



CULTURE— While a sandy loam made rich by manuring the previous year is the best soil for the carrot, any good 

 land if thoroughly and deeply worked will produce satisfactory crops. When possible to do so, it is advisable to sow as 

 early in the spring as the ground is fit to work, though good ci'ops may. in this latitude, be grown from sowings as late 

 as June 15. but success from such late planting is uncertain. For table use sow the smaller kinds as early as prac- 

 ticable in rows 16 to 18 inches apart. For field culture, prepare the ground thoroughly and sow in driUs 18 to 24 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. Do not let the 

 weeds get a start. Thin the smaller table sorts to six to eight to the foot and the field varieties to four to six inches apart 

 in the row. For winter use, gather and store hke beets or turnips. 



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Early 



Scarlet 



Horn 



Carrot. 



EARLIEST SHORT HORN. The 



earliest variety in cultivation and 

 the best suited for forcing. Tops 

 small, finely divided. The roots are 

 nearly round and of reddish- 

 orange color. When fully 

 matured they are about two 

 inches in diameter but 

 should be used before they 

 are full grown and while 

 young and tender. Pkt. oc; 

 Oz. 10c: 2 0z.loc; %Lb.25c; 

 Lb. 90c. 



Early Scarlet Horn 



Excellent for early planting 

 out of dooi's. Tops small, 

 coarsely divided: roots top- 

 shape'd but tapering ab- 

 ruptly to a small tap: skin 

 orange-red. Pkt. 5c: Oz.lOc; 

 2 0z.loc; 3^Lb.-25e: Lb.SOc. 



EARLY HALF LONG SCAR= 

 LET CAREiNTAN. Tops very 

 small: roots cyhndrical witli 

 remarkably small necks : 

 very handsome deep orange 

 in color, with scarcely any 

 core and of the best quaUty 







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very thick and are well adapted for 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 0z. 15c; ^Lb. 



Thej can be sown 



forcing. 

 Lb. 80c 



Chantenay 



Carrot, 



HALF LONG SCARLET NANTES, STUMP ROOTED. Tops 

 small; roots cyliudi'icaL smooth, bright orange: flesh 

 orange, becoming yellow in center but with no distinct 

 core. Of the finest'quality and one of the most sjmimet- 

 rical and handsome of the medium sized sorts; excellent 

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

 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. 



OjY\ a IVTF IV a V '^°P^ medium sized: necks small: 

 ^^**'^^^-^~ * l-«i^r^ I roots tapering shghtly but uni- 

 formly stump rooted and smooth: color deep orange-red; 

 flesh very crisp and tender. Although this is a mediima 

 early sort, it furnishes roots of usable size as early as any, 

 is a heavy cropper and undoubtedly is one of the best for 

 both the market and private garden, while its great pro- 

 ductiveness makes it verv desirable as a field sort. 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c: % Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. 



Querande, or Ox Heart 



DANVERS 



Guerande, or Ox Heart Carrot. 



D. IVl FerrV&Co'^ We tMnk tMs distinct varietv is destined to take 



• ^* * J *-^ '^yj ^ firs^ rank as a field carrot, owing to its enormous 



ImnrOVed Short Wllifp* productiveness and the ease with which 

 KKiiyiyjys^KX oiiVJl C TV lllLC it can be harvested. Roots half long, 

 smooth, very heav^^ at the shoulder but tapering regularlv to the point; color fight 

 green at the crown, white below; flesh white, solid, crisp' and of excellent quality 

 i his variety is a real acquisition as a heaw fielding, easilv harvested, white carrot, 

 and IS the best of this class. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c:'J4 Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 

 LARGE WHITE BELGIAN. Grows one-third out of the groimd. Root white, green 

 above ground with small top. Flesh rather coarse. The roots are of large size and 

 the variety IS extensively grown for stock feeding. Pkt. oc; Oz.lOc; 2 Oz. 16c: 

 H Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



EARLY HALF LONG SCARLET, STUMP ROOTED. Excel 

 lent for early market or for field cultm-e. Of medium 

 size: flesh bright scarlet, brittle and of fine flavor. Pkt. 5c; 

 Oz. lOc; 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 70c. 



Tops smaU for the 

 size of the roots 

 which are comparatively short, but often reach a diame- 

 ter of five inches, terminating abruptly in a small tap root. 

 Flesh bright orange, fine grained and sweet. This variety 

 is especially desirable for soil so hard and stifE that longer 

 rooted sorts would not thrive in it. When young, excel- 

 lent for table use and when mature, equallv good for stock. 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c: 2 Oz. 15c; ^ Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. 



Grown largely on account of its great 

 productiveness and adaptability to all 

 classes of soil. Tops of medium size, coarsely divided. 

 The smooth and handsome roots are deep orange, of me- 

 dium length, tapering unifomily to a blunt 



point: flesh sweet, crisp. tendeV and of a 



deep orange color. Although the roots of 



this variety are short, they produce as large 



a bulk as the longer field sorts and are 



more easily harvested. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 



2 Oz. 15c; ^Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. 



Improved Long Orange 



An improvement obtained by 

 years of careful selection of the 

 best formed and deepest colored 

 roots of the old Long Orange, 

 and of the older sorts for farm 

 use the most popular on mellow 

 soil. Roots shorter, thicker and 

 smoother than those of the Long 

 Orange, "but so uniform and true 

 that the bulk of the crop will be 

 greater. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 

 2 Oz. 15c; H Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. 



Improved Long 



Orange 



Carrot. 



