12 SEED CATALOGUE 0/ L. L. Ayf A V ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
"Northern Grown" Seeds Are Best 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen 
May's Excellent Table Variety and Field Carrots 
May's Chantenay. Kor lablc use this is considered particularly desirable. 
The carrots have attained such uniformity that they arc almost duplicates 
of cacli other. The tops are of medium size, neck small 
roots tapering .slightly but uniformly. Stumped rooted. 
Packet 5c., ounce 20c., ' ^-pound 40c., pound $1.50. 
Carentan Half Long Scarlet. A new red variety. 
Packet 5c, ounce 
10c, ' I -pound 
3Sc, pound 
$1.25. 
Long Orange. 
tapering, 
leavv 
R'x>ts long, thick 
yicldcr. Packet 
pound 45c, pound 
$1.50. 
Nantes Half Long Scarlet Stump 
Root. Very popular and v\cll known 
strain. Medium sized; cylindrical 
Packet 5c, ounce, 10c, J4-pound 3Sc, 
pound $1.25. 
OXHEART OR GUERANOE 
CARROTS ARE THK nAsiEST o/ ( wZ/ifi' of all Vegetables ol 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 .\pril or May in 
drills 2 feet apart and as the seed comes up thinned 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 l6 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 J/^ feet apart to admit of cultivation by horsepower. In 
sowing the seed the soil should be well firmed down 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 arc a profitable crop for stock feeding purposes. 
MAY'S GUERANDE OR OXHEART 
THIS 1/ an i-xcelli-nt variety for soil too hard and slifi' 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 sloe 
When other carrots require digging Oxheart can be pulled. It is particu- 
larly good for home use and early bunching. Packet lOc, ounce 25c., }4 
pound 60c., pound $2.00. 
Danver's Half Long 
THIS VARIETY is improved stork of the hall-long stump or blunt-rooted 
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 
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-Ion 
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 stock feeding as its strength producing qualities arc very great. 
Carrots are less liable to disease than many of our root crops, are sown earlier a 
out of the way before harvest. It is not necessary to store them until late in the 
vear. They do not, like the potato, require boiling before feeding. Try a 
small patch for feed. Packet lOc, ounce 20c., J^-poimd 60c., pound $1.25. 
MAY'S Table Queen 
HIS is a variety oj 
our own introduc- 
tion. It is long, 
coming to an 
abrupt 
point. 
It is of 
a flavor 
that 
not 
equalled 
by other 
varieties. 
The flesh is 
of fine texture 
and quite devoid 
stringiness or woodi- 
5. This carrot is very 
s moot h . Packet lOc., ounce 2Sc., 
J^-pound 60c., pound $2.00. 
