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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



CARROT. 



French, Carotte. German, Moehren. 

 The Carrot is one of the most wholesome and nutritious of 

 ourlJgarden roots, and deserves to be more extensively used 

 both for culinary and stock feeding purposes. We urge our 

 readers to give some of the early table sorts a trial. For 

 feeding stock, especially horses and milch cows, the carrot 

 cannot be surpassed, and it should be grown largely by farm- 

 ers each season for this purijose. 



Culture.— While a sandy loam made rich by manuring the 

 previous year is the best soil for the carrot, ani/ good land if 

 thoroughly and deeply worked will produce satisfactory 

 crops. A clover sod turned under deeply and well enriched 

 with a dressing of rotten manure, is most excellent for the 

 general crop. When it is possible to do so, it is advisable to 

 sow as early in the spring as the ground is fit to work, though 

 good crops may, in this latitude, be grown from sowings as late 

 as June 15. Prepare the ground thoroughly and sow in 

 drills eighteen to twenty-four inches apart, using from one 

 and one-half to three pounds to the acre, according to 

 the distance between rows. Cover one-half to one 

 inch deep and see to it that the 

 soil is well firmed about the 

 seed. x\s soon as the plants 

 appear, use the cultivator or 

 wheel hoe and do not let the 

 weeds get a start. Thin to 

 three to six inches apart in the 

 row as soon as the plants are 

 large enough. Gather and 

 store for winter use like beets 

 or turnips. 



EARLIEST SHORT HORN 



(for FORCIN&) — The earliest 

 variety in cultivation and best 

 suited for forcing. Tops small, 

 finely divided; root dark or 

 reddish-orange, globular, two 

 inches in diameter, but should 

 be used before they are full 

 grown, with slender tap and 

 grooved at the crown, 



EARLY SCARLET HORN.- 



Excellent for early planting 

 out of doors. Tops small, 

 coarsely divided; roots top shaped, but tapering abruptly to 

 a small tap; surf ace dented ; skin orange-red. 



EARLY HALF LONG SCARLET CARENTAN.— Tops 

 very small; roots cylindrical with a remarkably small neck; 

 very handsome, deep orange in color, with scarcely any core 

 and of the best quality. They can be sown very thick and 

 are well adapted for forcing. 



HALF LONG SCARLET NANTES, STUMP ROOTED.— 

 Tops medium; roots cylindrical, smooth, bright orange: 

 flesh orange, becoming yellow in center, but with no distinct 

 core; of the finest quality. 



CHANTENAY.— Tops medium size; necks small; roots 

 tapering slightly, but uniformly ^tump rooted and smooth; 

 color deep orange-red; flesh very crisp and tender. While 

 this is a medium early sort, it furnishes roots of usable size 

 as early as any, is a heavy cropper and is undoubtedly one 



of the best for both the market and private gardener, while 

 its great productiveness makes it very desirable as a field 

 sort. 



EARLY HALF LONG SCARLET, STUMP ROOTED.— 



Excellent for early market or for field culture. Of medium 

 size, flesh bright scarlet, brittle and of fine flavor. 



Earliest Short Horn. 



Danvers. 



DAN VERS.— Grown largely everywhere on account of its 

 great productiveness and adaptability to all classes of soils. 

 Tops medium size, coarsely divided; roots deep orange, large 

 but medium length, tapering uniformly to a blunt point, 

 smooth and handsome; flesh sweet, crisp, tender and of a 

 deep orange color. This variety, although the roots are 

 shorter, produces as large a bulk as the older field sorts and 

 is easier harvested. 



QUERANDE, OR OX HEART.-Tops small for the size of 

 the root, specimens of which have been grown which were 

 over seven inches across. They are broad, top shaped, the 

 diameter often exceeding the length, and terminate abruptly 

 in a small tap root, and by reason of their shape are very 

 easily dug. Flesh bright orange, fine grained and sweet. 

 This is a desirable variety on soils too hard and stiff for the 

 longer growing sorts, as it is not over five or six inches long 

 W^hen young, excellent for table use, and when mature 

 equally good for stock. 



inPROVED LONG 

 ORANGE.— An im- 

 provement on the old 

 Long Orange, obtained 

 by careful selection for 

 years, of the best form- 

 ed and deepest colored 

 roots. Roots propor- 

 tionately shorter than 

 the Long Orange, and 

 smoother, but so uni 

 form and true that the 

 bulk of the crop will be 

 greater. The most 

 popular of the older 

 sorts for farm use on 

 mellow soils. 



D. M. FERRY & 

 GO'S IMPROVED 

 SHORT WHITE.-This 



new and distinct vari- 

 ety is, we think, des- 

 tined to take first rank 

 as a field carrot, owing 

 to its enormous pro- 

 ductiveness and its 

 growing well out of the 

 ground, making it com- 

 paratively easy to har- 

 vest. Roots one-half 

 long, smooth, very 

 heavy at the shoulder, 

 but taper regularly to 

 the point; color light 

 green above ground, 

 white below; flesh rich, 

 white, solid and crisp 

 and of excellent flavor. This variety is a real acquisition as 

 a heavy yielding, easily harvested, white carrot and is the 

 best of this class. 



LARGE WHITE BELGIAN.— Grows one-third out of the 

 ground. Root pure white, green above ground, with small 

 top. Flesh rather coarse, but the roots on light, rich ground 

 grow to a large size, and are extensively grown for stock 

 feeding. 



MPROVED Long Orange. 



