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



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. This and the preced- 

 ing are the varieties so extensively used in France for culi- 

 nary purposes, and only need to be known to supersede the 

 coarser sorts for garden culture. 



Chantenay. 



CHANTENAY.— Tops medium size; necks small; roots 

 tapering slightly but uniformly stump rooted and smooth; 

 color deep orange red ; flesh very crisp and tender. This is a 

 medium early sort, 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. 



EARLYJH ALF LONG SCARLET, STUMP ROOTED. 



—Excellent for early market or for field culture on shallow 

 soils. Of medium size, flesh bright scarlet, brittle and of fine 

 flavor. 



GUERANDE, 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, 

 very easily dug. Flesh bright orange, fine grained and 

 sweet. Good enough for the table, although large enough 

 to be profitably grown for stock. "Although introduced as a 

 late carrot, this has been found very desirable when young 

 for early market. 



Danvers. 



DANVERS.— One of the most productive and best for 

 field culture. Tops medium ; roots dark colored, large, but 



of medium length, tapering abruptly at the point, very 

 uniform and handsome; flesh deep orange with yellow 

 center, sweet and tender. 



LONG ORANGE — A well known standard sort. Roots 

 long, thickest near 

 the crown, tapering 

 regularly to a point; 

 color deep orange. It 

 requires a deep soil, 

 and the plants should 

 stand eight inches 

 apart, in eighteen inch 

 drills, for the roots to 

 attain their full size. 



IMPROVED 

 LONG ORANGE.— 



An improvement on 

 the preceding, obtained 

 by careful selection for 

 years of the best 

 formed and deepest 

 colored roots. Roots 

 proportionately short- 

 er than the Long 

 Orange, and smoother, 

 but so uniform and 

 true that the bulk of 

 crop will be greater. 

 The most desirable sort 

 for farm use on mel- 

 low soils. 



LARGE WHITE 



VOSGES.-Roots very 

 large, similar in shape, 

 although more pointed | 

 than the Guerande. 

 Skin and flesh white, 

 and the latter is of 

 much better quality 

 than that of the other 

 white varieties, so that 

 it is often used for the table. Easily dug, and a very dis- 

 tinct, valuable variety. 



D. M. FERRY & CO'S IMPROVED SHORT 

 "WHITE. — This is a new and distinct variety, which is, we 

 think, destined to take first rank as a field carrot, owing to 

 its enormous productiveness and its growing well out of the 

 ground, making it comparatively easy to harvest. Roots 

 short, very heavy at shoulder, regularly tapering to a point, 

 of uniform shape and smooth; color light green, above 

 ground, white below ; flesh rich, white, solid and crisp, and of 

 the finest flavor. 



Improved Long Orange. 



D. M. Ferry & Cos Improved Short White. 



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 reeding. 



