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Carters 
Golden 
Ball 
Carters 
Improved 
Early Horn 
Carters 
Early 
Market 
Carters 
Long 
Forcing 
CARROT 
The Carrot is a very valuable root vegetable 
table vegetable, but is one of the best tonics for 
be sown from earliest Spring until August. 
2880. Carters Golden Ball. One of our Gold Medal Col- 
lections. The best early carrot. Good either for forcing 
or open ground. Pkt. 10c., oz. 80c. 
2881. Carters Long Forcing. A very early long carrot 
with deep color and firm flesh. Pkt. 10c., oz. 30c. 
2882. Carters Early Market. Market gardener’s favorite. 
Pkt. 10c., oz. 30c. 
2883. Carters Summer Favorite. A splendid half-long, pro- 
ducing handsome, well-grown, bright cochineal-scarlet Car- 
rots early in the season. Pkt. 5c., oz. 20c. 
2884. Carters Scarlet Perfection. A distinct and greatly 
improved form of Garden Carrot. Flesh is solid, crisp 
with fine flavor and color. 606 first prizes reported by 
customers. Pkt. 6c., oz. 20c. 
2885. Carters Red Elephant. A giant, both in length and 
thickness. Specimens have been exhibited measuring two 
and one half feet in length (30 inches). 
3020. Carters Re-selected Danvers Half Long. By con- 
tinued re-selection we are able to otter to our customers 
the heaviest cropping, best sized and shaped strain of 
the Danvers Half Long Carrot ever placed before the 
public. Pkt. 10c., oz. 30c., lb. $2.50. 
3025. Carters Long Scarlet. A very popular sort. Pkt. 6c.. 
oz. 20c., lb. $1.50. 
3026. Carters Orange Giant. A yellow carrot of great size. 
Pkt. 5c., oz. 20c., lb. $1.60. 
Red 
Elephant 
Not only is it a delicious 
stock, and keeps them in good condition. It may 
3027. Carters Selected Intermediate. The best medium 
length Carrot. Pkt. 6c., oz. 20c., lb. $1.50. 
28J0. Parisian Forcing. Early; tender and sweet; fine 
lor early and late crops, also for frames. Short, broad, 
smooth orange-red in color. Pkt. 6c., oz. 20c., lb. $2.00. 
r°' ,. ()xhe ® rt Half-Short (Guerande). An excellent sort 
lor the private garden, being especially valuable for spring 
and early summer crop. Its short, stocky character gives 
it great value on shallow soils, where the larger 
varieties will not succeed and the compact growing leaves 
allow close planting. The quality is excellent ; it remains 
tender long after maturity, and may be used while very 
small for soups, etc. It is excellent for growing in 
frames. Pkt. 5c., oz. 20c„ lb. $1.76. 
2930. Early Scarlet Horn. A popular early variety, 3 to 4 
inches long and blunt-rooted ; it is a favorite for hunching 
for market. A fine table Carrot and when pulled young 
> s „ ex “ llent for soups. Pkt. 5c., oz. 20c., lb. $1.50i 
2970. Half-long. Stump-rooted, True Nantes Strain. A 
shapely stump-rooted variety, of medium size, and one 
of the best tor private gardens for summer use ; medium 
early. Pkt. 5c., oz. 15c.. lb. $1.60. 
3040. Long Orange. Best for stock-feeding; green top - 
keeps well. Pkt. 5c., oz. 15c., lb. $1.50. 
3070. Long White Belgian. Very large ; one of the best 
varieties for stock. Pkt. 5c., oz. 16c., lb. $1.60. 
CRESS 
Sow No. 4520 thickly in shallow drills, % inch 
deep, and a foot apart early in spring, every 
two or three weeks until warm weather, in good 
garden soil; if moist, cool and rich, all the better. 
One ounce will sow 50 to 100 feet. Begin to 
sow again from the middle to the end of August 
every week or two for fall succession. It should 
be cut often and it will continue to grow. It is 
useful not only for salad, but for the breakfast 
table and for garnishing. No. 4570 should be 
sown in damp soil but not muddy; or, if a stream 
of water can be utilized, they will be much finer. 
They will also thrive well in damp hotbeds. 
Rightly managed, their culture is very profitable. 
To obtain early salad, it is a good plan to sow 
with Water Cress seed a strip 4 inches wide on 
the outer margin of a hotbed, inside the frame, 
where it is always cool. Do not pick until the 
plants are growing well, and do not pick more 
leaves than the plants can readily replace. 
4520. Curled, or Pepper Grass. Oz. 16c. 
4530. Common, or Plain-leaved. Oz. 25c. 
4540, Upland or Winter Improved. Oz. 26c. 
4570 . True Water Cress. Pkt. 10c., oz. $1.00 
BORAGE 
The young leaves of this annual, which smell 
somewhat like a cucumber, are used as salad, 
or boiled like spinach. Should be sown to the 
depth of % to 1 inch, at intervals, as the leaves 
are palatable only when young. Sow in the 
spring, in light soil; transplant in shallow drills, 
1 foot apart, when of six weeks’ growth. 
240. Pkt. 10c., oz. 30c., lb. $3. 
10 
Cress Plain or Common — For early salads 
