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FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 



CARROT 



We have indicated the number of days usually required to produce roots of good bunching siase. 



Carrot, Morse's Bunching 



Telegraph 

 Code Word 



Bagley carug 



80 days. Similar to Hutchinson. 



Chantenay carte 



70 days. Splendid general pur- 

 pose carrot; much used in home 

 and market garden and for ship- 

 ping bunched. Extensively grown 

 for winter storage. Dependably 

 heavy yielder. Roots deep red- 

 dish-orange; become 53^ — 6 in. 

 long, 23^ in. thick at top; tap- 

 ered; stump-rooted; flesh deep 

 orange. 



CHANTENAY, RED CORED 



(Our introduction) cared 



70 days. This is a distinct im- 

 provement over the well known 

 Chantenay especially in color, 

 texture, and quality of flesh and 

 has been accepted with much en- 

 thusiasm particularly by shippers 

 of fresh vegetables and by can- 

 ners. Roots deep reddish-orange; 

 5}/2 — 6 in. long, 23^ in. thick at 

 the shoulder, tapered, stump- 

 rooted; core reddish-orange, al- 

 njost the same color as the flesh 

 and so inconspicuous as to make 

 the term coreless seem appro- 

 priate ; flesh fine grained and ten- 

 der; of sweet, delicate flavor. 



DANVERS. Half Long caraf 



75 days. Very productive and 

 popular for home and market 

 garden; much used for shipping. 

 Roots bright deep orange, 6 — 7 

 in. long, 1% in. thick, uniformly 

 tapered to the blunt end. Flesh 

 bright orange, crisp, and tender. 

 Much used for shipping bunched. 



Early Scarlet Horn carrl 



63 days. Popular for early market. Tops small. Roots reddish-orange; 3 in. 

 long, 1}4 in. at the shoulder and tapered to about 1 in. thick at the blunt 

 end; flesh reddish-orange, fine grained, sweet, and tender. 



lib. lOlbs. 



or more or more 



per lb. per lb. 



$0.80 $0.75 



.85 



.80 



.85 



.80 



.75 



.85 



.80 



French Forcing (Earhest Short Horn) carfr .85 .80 



60 days. Valuable for forcing and for out of door culture for early market. Tops 

 small. Roots reddish-orange; small, globular, become 13^ in. in diameter; flesh 

 reddish-orange, of high quality. 



Hutchinson carhu .90 .85 



80 days. Popular in New England. Roots about 10 inches long, 1}4 inches 

 thick, and cylindrical. Color Hght orange-red. 



Imperator carim .85 .80 



77 days. Roots 8 to 10 inches long, and 1^ to 23^ inches across at shoulder. 

 Cyhndrical in shape and usually weU stump rooted. Color deep orange. Popular 

 bunching variety for shipping in the South and California. 



