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



The English prize the Savoy cabbages especially on 

 account of their delicate caulifloiver-like flavor, and as 

 they become better known in this country they are grow- 

 ing rapidly into favor with discriminating buyers. 



EARLY DWARF ULM SAVOY.-One of the earUest and 

 sweetest of the Savoys. Heads round, solid ; leaves small, thick, 

 fleshy, of fine, deep green color, and of most excellent quahty. 



IMPROVED AMERICAN SAVOY. 



IMPROVED AMERICAN SAVOY.— The best of all the 

 Savoys either for home use or the market. The plants are 

 vigorous, very sure heading and even more densely and 

 uniformly savoy ed than the last; the heads are globular and 

 of the very best quality. 



DRUMHEAD SAVOY.— Plant compact, vigorous growth, 

 very thick and densely savoyed dark green leaves. Head 

 nearer round than flat and more finely savoyed than the outer 

 Is of very fine quality. 



CARROT. 



French, Carotte. 



German, Moehren. 



The Carrot is one of the most wholesome and nutritious of 

 our garden roots, and deserves to be more extensively used, 

 both for cuUnary 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 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. 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. As 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 Uke beets or 

 turnips. 



EARLIEST SHORT HORN (for forcing).— The earhest 

 variety in cultivation and best suited for forcing. Tops small, 

 finely divided; root dark or reddish-orange, globular, with 

 slender top and grooved at the crown. They grow to about 

 two inches in diameter, but should be xised before they are 

 full grown. 



EARLY SCARLET HORN. 



EARLY SCARLET HORN.— Excellent for early planting 

 out of doors. Tops small, coarsely divided; roots top shaped, 

 but tapering abruptly to a small tap; surface 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, STUHP ROOTED. 

 —Tops medium; roots cylindrical, smooth, bright orange; 

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

 core; of the flnest quality. 



GUERANDE, OR OX HEART. 



EARLY HALF LONG SCARLET, STUMP ROOTED. 



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. 



CHANTENAY.— Tops medium size; necks small; roots 

 tapering slightly, but uniformly stump rooted and smooth; 

 color deep orange-red: flesh veiy 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. 



QUERANDE, OR OX HEART.— Tops small for the siee 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. 

 When young, excellent for table use, and when mature 

 equally good for stock. 



