C. C. MORSE & CO.— SEEDS— SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. 
CARROTS 
FOR TABLE 
AND STOCK 
Good, sandy loam is best adapted for carrots of all varieties. The shorter varieties, however, 
results. For garden, sow the early and short varieties at any time after January 1st. For gen( 
1st, using two or three pounds per acre for rows sixteen to eighteen inches apart. While you get 
plants, it is not necessary to do so to get a crop of good, average carrots. 
Cliantenay, or Model. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; lb. 45c; lb. $1.50. 
DANVER'S HALF-LONG ^fU^ a f n° d r 
the most largely used, not only for stock raising, but 
for table use as well. The perfect type is about eight 
inches long and about two and a half inches wide at the 
shoulder, tapering to a sort of half-point at the bottom. 
Color is a bright orange-scarlet. It is a very heavy 
cropper. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; y 4 lb. 45c; lib. $1.25. 
French Forcing - . A very popular variety for forcing. Root 
is globe-shaped, with distinct tap root. Color bright 
orange scarlet. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 50c; lb. $1.60. 
Half-Long Scarlet Stump-Rooted. A variety about as long 
as Danver's, but not so thick. It is of uniform thick- 
ness from shoulder to root, and very stump-rooted. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; Vi lb. 60c; lb. $1.75. 
IMPROVED SHORT WHITE. The most popular of all 
white varieties, being a heavy cropper and of a desir- 
able shape to allow easy digging in heavy soils. The 
true type is very thick in the middle and should not 
taper abruptly from the shoulder. Pkt. 5c; ox. 10c; 
y 4 lb. 30c; lb. $1.00. 
Large White Belgian. The best known and one of the old- 
est white varieties — is a long-pointed root, and should 
only be planted on light soils where roots are fairly 
easy to dig. The variety we offer does not grow 
above 
can be sown 
ral crop sow 
a good unifor 
on heavier 
in the open 
n root by th 
lands, with good 
field about April 
inning the young 
ground with 
a green 
shoulder as 
do some 
strains. 
Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 10c; 
i/ 4 lb. S5c; 
lb. 75c. 
Jm 
Scarlet Horn, or 
Early Short 
Horn. A good 
short variety 
for table use. 
The full grown 
type is about 3 
in. long and 2 y> 
In. thick at the 
shoulder; tapers 
only slightly 
and is very 
stump-rooted. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 
" lb. 60c; lb. 
.00. 
Chantenay or The Model Carrot 
I OWf f"fcl?AWf ,, I7 The Dest lon S variety, and a 
L.W1^J V_» VyiY-rtl^VaCi good, heavy cropper for light 
soils where roots can be easily dug. The strain we of- 
fer is a bright orange-scarlet, and fairly thick, and 
grows entirely under ground, having no green shoul- 
ders. Has the brightest color of all the red carrots. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; y 4 lb. 45c; lb. $1.25. 
Morse's Orange Ice. Especially crisp and brittle; coreless; 
8 inches long, stump root. Extra fine quality. Pkt. 
10c; oz. 30c; y 4 lb. 90c; lb. $3.00. 
OXHEART OR GUERANDE £? d 
croppers among the short carrots. The shape is par- 
ticularly desirable for heavy soils. The true type is 
about 4y 2 inches long and ZV2 inches thick at the shoul- 
der. It tapers slightly to the bottom, and is very 
stump-rooted. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; y, lb. 45c; lb. $1.25. 
Red Saint Valery, or New Intermediate. A little longer than 
Danver's, tapering abruptly, with pointed root. A very 
desirable, long variety and rather preferable to Long 
Color bright orange-scarlet. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; lb. 45c; 
lb. $1.25. 
Danver's Half-Long Carrot 
CHIVES 
A plant resembling a tuft of grass, but the leaves have the flavor of onions. The leaves are used in soups and sal- 
ads, giving a mild onlop flavor to same. Pkt. 10c; oz. 75c. See plants of chives listed under vegetable plants, page 49. 
