24 D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 
=GARROTS— 
THE GARROT is one of the most wholesome and nutritious of our garden roots, and deserves 
ev to be more extensively used, both for culinary and stock feeding purposes. 
We urge our readers to give some of the early table sorts atrial. For feeding stock, especially horses and 
milch cows, the carrot cannot be surpassed, and it should be more largely grown by farmers for this purpose. 
G ULTUR E.—While a sandy loam made rich by manuring the previous year is the best soil for the carrot, any good 
——————— _ and if thoroughly and deeply worked, will produce satisfactory crops. <A well enriched clover sod 
turned under deeply 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, 
but one is less certain of good crops from such late planting. 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 above 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. For winter use gather and store like beets or turnips. 
_.. BARLIEST... ee EARLY HALF LONG 
SHORT FWORN 
: \it 1iv@ Searlet Carentan. 
The earliest variety in cultivation = ( 
And best suited for forcing .... x Sass RS 
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Tops very small; roots cylindrical with a re- 
markably small neck; very handsome, deep 
orangein color, with scarcely any core and of 
the best quality. They can be sown very thick 
and are well adapted for forcing. Pkt. 5ets.; oz. 
Tops small, finely divided. The reddish orange 10cts.; 2 Oz. licts.; 14 Lb. 20cts.; Lb. 65cts. 
colored roots are nearly round with a groove 
about the crown and when fully mature they 
are about two inches in diameter, but are most 
tender and delicious before coming to full size. 
Pkt. 5cts.; Oz. 10cts.; 2 Oz. 15cts.; 144 Lb. 25cts.; 
Lb. 75cts. 
EARLIEST SHORT HORN. 
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Behe Sei Early Planting 
, out of doors. 
Tops small; coarsely di- 
vided; roots top shaped, but 
tapering abruptly toa small 
tap; surface dented; skin 
orange red. Pkt. 5dcts.; Oz. | ( 4M 
10cts.; 2 Oz. 15cts.; 14 Lb. se 
20cts.; Lb. 60cts. 
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HALF LONG SCARLET NANTES. 
HALF LONG 
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EARLY SCARLET HORN. 
STUMP ROOTED. 
: Tops medium size; necks small; 
= roots tapering slightly, but uni- 
‘** formly stump rooted and smooth; 
color. deep orange red; flesh very 
crisp and tender. 
Tops medium size; roots cylin- 
drical, smooth, bright orange; flesh 
orange, becoming yellow in cen- 
ter, but with no distinct core; of 
the finest quality, and one of the 
most symmetrical and handsome 
of the medium sized sorts; excel- 
lent for the market or home gar- 
den. 
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 mar= 
ket and private gar= 
dener, while its great 
productiveness makes 
\ it very desirable as a 
field sort......... 
Pkt. 5ets.; Oz. 10cts. ; 
2 Oz. l5ets.; 14 Lb. Pkt. 5cts.; Oz. 10cts.; 2 Oz. 15cts.; 
20cts.: Lb. 55cts... . 14 Lb. 20cts.; Lb. 55cts. 
CHANTENAY. 
