SEED CATALOGUE of L. L. AV ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 11 
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Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen 
May's Excellent Table Variety and Field Carrots 
The Growth of These Carrots Results in a Bountiful Yield 
THEY ARE FINE GRAINED. TENDER AND TOOTHSOME 
May's carrots do not run to root — almost no 
side shoots, little core, stringiness or moodi- 
ness are the characteristics of these carrots. Their 
food value is exceptional. They are firm, sweet 
and of 
the finest 
texture 
! 
CARROTS are easily kept over 
winter and require temperature 
at or near the freezing point. To 
keep ihe roots best they should be 
dug and stored away when they are 
growing rapidly and not when they 
have ceased their 
growth. If stored 
after they 
have attained 
their 
OXHEART OR GUERANDE 
CARROTS ARE THE EASIEST of culture Of all Vegetables of the garden, requiring a fairly fertile, warm, deep, rather light soil, that should 
be well worked to a good depth. For the earliest crop, seed of the early, short rooted varieties should be sown in April or May in 
drills 2 feet apart and as the seed comes up thijined to 2 inches. For the main crop seed should be sown in May or June, or even in 
July, for a succession, using the longer rooted varieties. These rows should be i6 to 20 inches apart and the plants thinned to 2, 3 or 
even 4 inches, but where carrots are raised for stock the rows should be 2 to 2 H feet apart to admit of cultivation by horsepower. In 
sowing the seed the soil should be well firmed dowii over it, kept free from weeds and cultivated occasionally. The early plants may be har- 
vested as early as July and the later varieties may be easily kept over the winter, but for that purpose it is well to dig them while they 
are growing and not to wait until they ripen and the leaves turn yellow. One ounce of seed will sow 100 feet of drill, or from 3 to 4 
pounds to the acre. Carrots are a profitable crop for stock feeding purposes. 
MAY'S GUERANDE OR OXHEART 
THIS is an excellent variety for soil too hard and stiff for the longer growing sorts, 
root is comparatively short though it is in the intermediate class as to 
length, but it often attains a diameter of 6 inches at the top. The 
flesh is bright orange, finely grained and sweet, and of such excellent 
quality that it is a delicious table carrot as well as splendid food for stock 
When other carrots require digging Oxheart can be pulled. It is particu- 
larly good for home use and early bunching. Packet lOc., otince 25c., 14- 
pound 60c., pound $2.00. 
Danver's Half long 
THIS VARIETY is improved stock of the half-long stump or blunt-rooted 
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type and one of the best and most generally satisfactory for field or 
garden use. It thrives in all soils and is an enormous yielder, under a 
good cultivation having yielded 25 and 30 tons to the acre. It 
has the smallest length of root of any variety now grown and is 
more easily harvested than the longer types. The Carrot is half-long, 
cylindrical in form; very large; a rich, dark orange in color; smooth, with 
little core, and flesh very close in texture; crisp and sweet. We would especially recom 
mend this variety for slock feeding as its strength producing qualities are very great 
Carrots are less liable to disease than many of our root crops, are sown earlier and 
out of the way before harvest. It is not necessary to store them until late in the 
year. They do not, like the potato, require boiling before feeding. Try a 
emjill patch for feed. Packet 10c., ounce 20c., i^-poimd 60c., pound $2.00. 
'S Table Queen 
HIS is a variety of 
our own introduc- 
tion. It is long, 
coming to an 
abrupt 
point. 
' " of 
ivor 
hat 
IS not 
equalled 
by other 
varieties. 
The flesh is 
of fine texture 
and quite devoid 
stringiness or woodi- 
ness. This carrot is very 
smooth. Packet 10c., ounce 25c., 
^-pound 60c., pound $2.00. 
