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The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
CARROTS— Long Varieties. 
DANIELS' TELEGRAPH. Reduced from a Photograph. 
5JW DANIELS’ TELEGRAPH. This grand Carrot is one of the best forms of intermediate yet introduced, being far in advance 
of the old James’ Scarlet, besides coming into use earlier than that variety. It produces a heavy crop of fine marketable 
roots, which are of splendid uniform shape, attractive colour, and very clear in the skin. Where sufficient depth of soil 
exists it will prove one of the most profitable sorts to grow. 
First Prizes than any Carrot with which we are acquainted. 
per oz. — s. d. 
ALTRINCHAM IMPROVED LONG RED. A fine stock, and stores 
well . . . . . . . . . . per lb. 4s. 0d. 0 4 
DANIELS’ GIANT WHITE. Much larger and of finer quality than 
Belgian White. Highly recommended .. per lb. 3s. 6d. 0 4 
JAMES’ SCARLET (Intermediate). Excellent for shallow soils. 
One of the heaviest cropping and most useful for general use 0 G 
It is unequalled for exhibition purposes, having obtained more 
per pkt., 4d. ; per oz., Is. 
per oz. — s. d. 
LONG RED ST. VALERY. A very choice stock, producing clean 
handsome roots and a great improvement on the Long Surrey. 
Fine for exhibition . . . . . . . . ..08 
LONG RED SURREY or LONG ORANGE. Roots long, of good 
shape, and fine quality ; on a deep soil it will produce a very 
heavy crop . . . . . . . . . . ..04 
EVIDENCE OF QUALITY. 
“ I have received your Prize money and am very pleased with same. I am also 
pleased to inform you that I have taken several First Prizes with your Telegraph 
Carrot.”— Mr. J. THURSTON, Tunstall. 
» “ Last season I took three First Prizes with your Telegraph Carrot.” --Mr. A. B. 
PANTER, Kettering. 
“ I have succeeded in getting First Prize, open to all comers, for Telegraph Carrots.” 
— Mr. W. HAWES, Burnliam-on-Crouch. 
“ it gives me great pleasure to inform you that I- have had great success* with your 
Feeds. Last year I took First, Second and Third Prizes for your Telegraph Carrot.” — 
Mr. F. BAGG, Scaynes Hill. 
‘•Iam pleased to say all the Seeds I had from you last Spring have done 
remarkably well. X have drawn a Telegraph Carrot 18J inches long.”— Mr. C. FOSTER, 
Wellington. 
“ I was delighted with the Carrots X obtained from your Telegraph Seed. I took 
First Prize with them at our Show in November last.”— Mr. W. EASTER, King’s Lynn. 
“ I may say your Telegraph Carrot is the best I have ever had.” — Mr. R. CROWE, 
Ardonan, Isle of Man. 
“ The Telegraph Carrot I had last year was the best ever seen here.” — Mr. R. 
CHAPMAN, Ontario. 
From your Telegraph Carrot Seed I produced the finest Carrots ever grown.” — 
Mr. E. CLIFT, Shrewsbury. 
“I am pleased to say that I gained First ■ Prizes with your Telegraph Carrot and 
Improved Hollow Crowned Parsnip at Ellesmere Port Horticultural Show. This is the 
third time in succession.” — Mr. E. WORSLEY, Whitby. 
Cultivation. — By attention to a few points of importance, splendid clean straight Carrots can be cultivated without groat outlay. It is not necessary 
to manure the land for a Carrot crop, in fact, freshly manured land is a drawback; the soil should be (where possible) of a deep light nature, and the 
land should, the Autumn previously, be deeply trenched two to three feet, and a quite light dressing of manure given at the same time ; land which has 
been recently used for Celery is excellent, and will not need specially manuring. mu 
For the earliest crop, make a sowing on the hotbed in frames between the rows of early Potatoes, and pull the Carrots quite small. The first sowing 
of the outdoor crop should be made early in April on a warm border, Daniels’ “ Harbinger ” or “ Forcing Horn ” being excellent kinds ; make other sowings 
in succession through the Summer until August, when the best kind to sow is “Scarlet Horn.” For maincrop, “Daniels’ Scarlet Perfection” and 
“ Telegraph ” can be highly recommended. ...... 
Carrot seed should bo sown on borders of finely worked soil, in drills about a foot apart. When the plants are nicely up, thin out gradually, leaving 
•the smaller growing kinds, such as “Forcing Horn” to be pulled as required, and the larger kinds seven to nine inches apart. Keep the hoe going 
between the rows to ensure cleanliness, and nothing more is needed until the end of October, when the crop should be lifted, the tops carefully twisted 
off and the roots stored in dry sand in a cellar, for use as needed during the Winter. 
When specimen roots are wanted for exhibition, it is the practice to make holes with a crowbar and fill with fine soil, sowing the seeds on 
the top and thinning out to one plant in each hole, as advised for Parsnips. 
