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THE GRAND JUNCTION SEED CO., Grand Junction, Colorado 
Carrots 
Carrots are not alone one of the most wholesome of 
foods, supplying precious vitamins, but when half grown 
are one of the greatest delicacies possible to place on the 
table. Carrots are so easy to grow, may be used in so many 
ways, and keep so well in the cellar during the Winter 
that every home garden should have at 
least a few rows. As a commercial ship¬ 
ping crop, Carrots have brought big re¬ 
turns per acre. The important feature 
in a shipping crop is to have the Carrots 
an even, uniform type. Prior to 1914 the 
finest Carrot seed came from France, 
since that date the big improvements in 
selecting and breeding of Carrots have 
been made in this country. There is now 
a wide difference in American and Euro¬ 
pean Carrot seed. We do not offer any 
European Carrot seed. 
The important shipping varieties of 
Carrots are grown on our own farms, the 
roots are carefully sorted and selected 
each year to maintain an even and close- 
to-perfect type. Any roots even slightly 
off-type are sold to the grocery trade and 
'only the perfect Carrots planted for seed. 
The arduous, but most necessary, work 
of careful root selection has been done 
and the crop is almost ready to harvest and 
distribute to our customers. 
Culture. One ounce to 200 feet of row; 4 
to 6 pounds per acre. Any good soil will 
grow Carrots. Well grown and perfect roots 
develop only in rich, loose soil, preferably 
sandy loam, or even clear sand when well 
fertilized and kept moist. In rich, loose soil 
no thinning is necessary except for the pur¬ 
pose of getting large, perfectly formed Car¬ 
rots. Tonnage, represented by a large prod¬ 
uct, is produced by planting thick, keeping 
the weeds out and the land cultivated, well drained, 
moist but not too wet. The flavor and tenderness of 
table varieties is secured by quick, unchecked growth. 
In hot weather a light covering of straw will assist 
germination; the straw must be removed when the sprouts begin to appear, 
in slightly moist sand or sandy soil in a root cellar. 
380 Earliest Trench Forcing. (45 days.) The earliest variety, roots are almost globular when forced, but 
slightly longer when grown out doors. The tops are quite small, allowing of close planting. The color is 
orange-scarlet and a trifle lighter than most other orange-scarlet varieties. Extra fine quality Carrots aver¬ 
age iy 2 inches in diameter. Fkt, 5c; oz, 15c; lb, 40c; lb, $1.10, postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs, $4.50. 
387 Special Strain Oxheart. (55 days.) A special selected strain of this important variety. While the full 
grown Carrot is very stump-rooted, when young the bottom is not flat and even promises to be pointed 
rooted. The roots take on a desirable shape when quite young and are excellent for early bunch Carrots. 
Oxheart is a heavy cropper having a large amount of edible flesh to the root. Full grown roots are 5 y 2 to 
6 inches long, 3 y 2 inches thick at the top and 2 inches thick at the bottom. The color is a bright orange- 
scarlet. Being short and nearly globular, the Carrots can be easily harvested. The core is rather large 
and if grown with too much moisture this variety will split. Fkt, 10c; oz, 20c; V4 lb, 45c; lb, $1.10, post¬ 
paid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs, $5.00; 25 lbs, $17.75. 
Danvers 
Half-Long 
Red-Cored Chantenay 
For Winter use store Carrots 
382 Oxheart or Guerande. (55 days.) Fkt, 5c; oz, 10c; 14 lb, 30c; lb, 95c, postpaid. 
25 lbs, $15.75. 
Not prepaid, 5 lbs, $4.00; 
Special 
Strain, 
Oxheart 
A Word to Mothers 
Plant the Improved Red-Cored Chantenay and the chil¬ 
dren will eat plenty of raw carrots. 
388 Improved Red-Cored Chantenay. (65 days.) A won¬ 
derful new carrot, and has proved to be superior. Very 
much the same size and shape as the old type Chantenay. 
Is orange-red in color, very tender and of the finest 
flavor. A good yielder and shipper and keeps well in 
storage. Red-Cored Chantenay is very attractive in ap¬ 
pearance and makes a ready sale for the market gar¬ 
dener. Seed offered here from selected stock. Fkt, 10c; 
oz, 20c; V4 lb, 55c; lb, $1.65; 5 lbs, $6.50, postpaid. 
Carrots are much more tender and delicious just be¬ 
fore they have reached full maturity. Plant this col¬ 
lection and have them at that stage over a long period. 
EARLY FRENCH FORCING, CORELESS, AND 
IMPROVED RED-CORED CHANTENAY 
Regular 
Collection No. 807. 1 pkt, each of Price 
above varieties .$0.20 
Collection No. 808. 1 oz. each of above 
varieties .50 
Collection No. 809, ^4 lb. each of 
above varieties . 1.25 
All the above prices postpaid. 
Collection 
Price 
$0.15 
.40 
1.05 
Earliest 
French 
Forcing 
