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LEONARD SEED COMPANY, CHICAGO 
Carrots for the Table 
LEONARD'S CALIFORNIA PEERLESS. This carrot is 
of outstanding quality, very smooth and of medium size 
with very small core and does not make very much top. 
The color is a bright red. It will stay in bunching condition 
for a long while and is a fine carrot to pack and sell in 
boxes. The crown is oval in shape and the tops do not 
break off as in other carrots. This variety is largely used in 
California for long distance shipping in bunches but will 
do well in this vicinity. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 14 lb., 50c. 
Half Long Nantes. Tops of medium size, roots cylindrical, 
smooth, bright orange; flesh orange, becoming yellow in 
center but with no distinct core. Excellent for the market 
or home garden. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 50c. 
Coreless. A fine half'long early carrot. Medium sized, even 
shaped and productive. Blunt base and small tap root. 
Small, fine tops and a nice, smooth skin. The flesh is a rich 
orange red, finely grained and very free from the woody 
yellow heart or core found in most red fleshed carrots. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 14 lb., 60c. 
Early Short Horn. Excellent for early planting out of 
doors. Tops small, coarsely divided; roots top-shaped, but 
tapering abruptly to a small tap; skin orange-red. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 40c. 
CHANTENAY. Tops medium sized: necks small; roots 
tapering slightly but uniformly stump rooted and smooth; 
color deep orange-red; flesh very crisp and tender. A heavy 
cropper and is undoubtedly one of the best for both the 
market and private garden while its great productiveness 
makes it very desirable as a field sort. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 
14 lb., 50c. 
Leonard’s California 
Peerless. 
Hutchinson. A variety that was developed by selection 
from the Danvers Half Long. It has slightly darker 
orange skin, grows an inch or two longer, but differs 
from the Danvers in that it carries its fullness well down 
to the end, making it decidedly stump-rooted. A heavy 
yielder and attractive in appearance. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 
14 lb., 50c. 
Half Long Scarlet Carentan. A forcing variety, 
cylindrical in shape, about four inches long and one inch 
thick, very stumped with small rat tail and fine small 
tops. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 40c. 
LEONARD'S RED CORELESS CHANTENAY. An 
improved Chantenay with red core. Quality extra fine, 
tender and sweet. Good shipper and splendid market 
gardeners’ variety. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 14 lb., 60c. 
Improved Long Orange. The most popular of the older 
sorts for farm use on mellow soil. An improvement 
obtained by years of careful selection of the best formed 
and deepest colored roots. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 35c. 
Culture. The Carrot, whether used raw, fried, boiled or stewed, used 
alone or combined with other vegetables or meat is not surpassed in 
nutritious healthfulness by any vegetable. Plant Carrot seed from the 
time the soil can be worked in the spring till July, in 1- or 2-ft. rows 
for hand cultivation or in 30-inch rows where a horse-drawn tool is 
used. Use 1 ounce of seed to 100 feet of row, 3 to 4 pounds to the acre, 
covering one-half inch deep and later thin to a 4-inch stand. To culti¬ 
vate the rows at an early date, sow Radish seed, which germinates 
quickly, with carrot seed, which germinates slowly. Do not overlook the 
value of this crop as a stock food. 
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Chantenay. 
