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EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN— Vegetable Seed 



CARROTS 



MID-SEASO 

 AND LATE \ 



Henderson's Selected Half-Long 

 Danvers 



294 ^ handsome, half-long, cylindrical, stump-rooted 

 Carrot of good size and of a rich dark-orange color; 

 it grows to a large size; is smooth, and the flesh is very close 

 in texture with very little core. It is a first-class Carrot for 

 all soils, and has yielded 25 to 30 tons per acre, with the 

 smallest length of root of any now grown. It is more easily- 

 harvested than the longer types, and is excellent to store for 

 winter, for stock or table use. (See illustration.) 



Price, pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; Vi lb. 75c; lb. $2.00; trans- 

 portation paid. 



"/ bouyht Danvers Carrol Seed from another firm last year and 

 had such poor results that 1 said: 'Peter Henderson and Co. for mc 

 in the future.' One can always count on the results from your seeds." 



E. F. MADE, Knappn, Oregon 



Improved Long Orange 



■)Q4 An improved strain of this popular variety for either 

 garden or field culture, roots averaging 12 inches in length 

 and 3 inches in diameter at the top; an enormous yielder and a 

 good keeper. The strain we offer is the result of painstaking selec- 

 tion — spread over a period of years — of the most highly colored and 

 the most perfectly shaped roots of the old variety of long orange. 

 The old variety was justly esteemed for stock feeding purposes, but 

 Improved Long Orange is highly desirable for table use, the flavor 

 being extremely good, and the flesh tender 



Price, pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; Vi lb. 60c; lb. $1.50; transportation 

 paid 



Henderson's Intermediate 



•JAO A large, handsome, mam crop variety, between half-long and long, 

 with an enormous yielding capacity in deep soils. The root. 10 or 

 12 inches in length, is very broad at the neck, 2 to 3 inches through, and 

 tapers evenly to the small tap-root. It grows smoothly and uniformly, 

 and ha> rich, reddish-orange flesh, tender, sweet, and entirelv free Iron 

 woody coarseness, even at matunti 



As a table Carrot it is unsurpassed; for truckers its fine color and appearand 

 render it salable while a« a field Carrot its great yield make it valuabli 

 illustration 



Price, pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; V« lb. 75c; lb. $2.00; transportation paid 



Oxheart or Guerande 



30S '^ n exce ^ ent sor ' lo ' the private garden, being especially valuable tor spring and earl\ 

 summer crop. Its short, stocky character gives it great value on shallow soil<. when tin 

 larger varieties will not succeed, and the compact growing leaves allow close planting 'I In 

 quality i* excellent: it remains tender long after maturity, and mav be used while very small 

 tor soup-;, etc. It is excellent for growing in frames 



Price, pkt. 10c: oz. 25c; '/„ lb. 75c; lb. $2.00; transportation paid. 



Henderson's New York 

 Market Carrot 



*?06 Handsome and symmetrical, oi 

 bright orange color; flesh crisi 

 tender and sweet, almost corele-;*. am 

 unexcelled for private use or for bunching 



Price, pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; V 4 lb. 

 60c; lb. $1.50; transportation paid 



White Belgian Field Carrot 



(See Field Carrots, page Hi' 



Yellow Belgian Field Carrot 



(See Field Carrots, page X' 



SPECIAL 



Succession Collection 

 of Carrots 



Ol o This collection is a selection 

 ol early, midseason and late 

 varieties, and if all planted at the 

 same time will produce a continuous 

 supply ol carrots for the tabl< 



Early Scarlet Horn Carrot. 



(.See description on paye 29 

 Chantenay Carrot, page 29. 



Danvers Carrol. 



(.See descriptions on this pain 

 Price, Collection of 3 pkts. 25c; 

 1 oz. each, 60c Transportation 

 paid 



For Garden Tools and Implements, see pages 173 to 198. You Will Need a Hoe and a Hand Cultivator for Your Garden 



