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WILLIAM EWING & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE 
CARROT 
Luc Half Long. 
Half Long Improved Danvers Carrot. 
CULTURE — Use nothing but well-decayed manure, applied the previous 
-FR. CAROTTE. autumn, when the ground should have been deeply dug. Sow early in drills 
about inch deep and 9 to 12 inches apart, thinning out from 2 to 3 inches 
for early Carrots. As they become large enough to use, continue the thin- 
nmg, until plants are 6 to 7 inches apart. In hea\'y clay, long varieties can be successfully grown for exhibition by 
making holes a foot deep with a crowbar or a piece of wood, pointed, and the holes filled up with a compost of rich earth 
and sand, and a few seeds sown on top. 
One ounce of seed will sow one hundred feet of drill and four lbs. will sow an acre. 
EARLIEST SHORT HORN— (French 
Forciiifr)- — One of the earliest varieties 
in cultivation and very desirable for 
forcing. Roots nearly round and of 
reddish orange color. When fully 
matured about two inches in dia- 
meter, lb. 81.00; \ lb. 30c.; oz. lOc; 
pkt. 5c. 
EARLY SCARLET HORN— Excellent 
for early planting out of doors. Roots 
top shaped but tapering abruptly to 
a small tap; skin orange red. lb. 90c. ; 
i lb. 30c.; oz. lOc; pkt. 5c. 
A splendid 
sort, produo- 
tiveand of excellent quality, lb. 90c,; 
Jib. 30c.;oz. lOc; pkt. 5c. 
Half Long Guerande or Ox-Heart. ^ ""'^^ distinct variety, remarkable for great size and quickness of 
— - — — — — — growth. The flesh is very tender and delicate and beautiful orange 
red. lb. 90c.; \ lb. 30c.; oz. lOc; pkt. Sc. 
Half Long Improved Danvers. Grown largely on account of its great productiveness and adaptability to all 
— — ■ classes of soil. The roots are smooth and handsome, deep orange and of me- 
dium length, flesh sweet, crisp, tender and of a deep orange color. Although the roots of this variety are short they produce 
as large a bulk as the longer field sorts and are more easily harvested, lb. 90c.; i lb. 30c.; oz. 10c. ; pkt. Sc. 
Improved Half Long Chan- 
tenay. ''^'"^ splendid Carrot belongs 
— to the half-long " stump " or 
blunt-rooted type, but diflfers from all 
others of this class by its greater 
girth, bulk and consequent yield. It 
averages 6 to 7 inches in length, is broad 
at the neck, narrowing gradually to 
the round, blunt base, therefore is 
easily harvested. The flesh, entirely 
free from cort, is of rich orange-red 
and of the finest table quality, fine- 
grained, tender, juicy and delicately 
flavored, lb. 90c.; \ lb. 30c.; oz lOc; 
pkt. Sc. 
St. ValerV. ^ handsome variety, the connecting link between half-long and long varieties of red carrot 
productive, thick, sweet tender flesh, lb. 90c.; i lb. 30c.; oz. lOc,; pkt. Sc. 
Improved Half Long Chantenay Carrot. 
Very 
Half Long Nantes, (stump rooted) 
— select strain. 
It excels all other kinds of half-long Car- 
rots in earliness and is very productive. 
Roots are clean-skinned and even in shape 
and keep well. Deep color and free from 
corn. A splendid table variety, lb 90c. ; 
J lb. 30c.; oz. lOc; pkt. Sc. 
JAMES' SCARLET INTERMEDIATE— Half- 
long pointed, lb. 80c. ; J lb. 2Sc. ; oz. 10c. ; 
pkt. Sc. 
LONG RED STUMP ROOTED— This sort 
has but little heart or pith, and is the best 
flavored Variety in cultivation. Ib.fl.OO; 
} lb. 30c.; oz. lOc; pkt. Sc. 
IMPROVED LONG ORANGE— A decided 
improvement obtained l)y years of careful 
, , , ^ , , , , ^, selection of the best formed and deepest 
colored roots of the old Long Orange. The most popular of the older sorts for farm use on deep and mellow soil llj 80c • 
} lb. 2Sc.; oz. lOc; pkt. Sc. i . . , 
Half Long Nantes Carrot. 
For FIELD VARIETIES— See Agricultural Seeds. 
