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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
rkantonaw Very productive, medium early and of excellent quality. Tops medium sized, 
v^nanienay necks small. Roots thick, five and one-half to six inches in length, uniformly 
half long or stump rooted but tapering slightly, 
smooth, deep orange-red in color. Flesh very 
crisp and tender. Although a medium early sort 
the roots are suitable for use nearly as early as 
any. One of the best in quality for the market 
and home garden, while its great productiveness 
and the ease with which it can be harvested 
make it very desirable as a field sort. Pkt. 5c; 
Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; >/ 4 Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 
Guerande or Ox Heart simbie a fo?s!di 
so hard and stiff that longer rooted sorts would 
not thrive in it. Tops comparatively small. 
Roots four and one-half to five inches long, very 
thick, ending abruptly in a small tap root. Flesh 
bright orange, fine grained and sweet. When 
young the roots are excellent for table use and 
when mature are equally good forstock feeding. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; % Lb. 30c; Lb. $ 1.00 
Imnroupfl I ««« This is a decided improvement obtained l 
P S Long Urange years of careful selection of the best formt 
and deepest colored roots of the old Long Orange, which was the most popular < 
tne older sorts for farm use on deep and mellow soil. The roots of the strain v 
oner are very deep orange, long and comparatively thick, often twelve inches 
length and three inches in diameter at the crown, tapering regularly to a poin 
lops large. Suitable for table use as well as stock feeding, combining gre; 
productiveness with uniform shape where grown in light, deep, rich so 
u hen of size suitable for the table, the roots are tender and of good qualit 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; V 4 Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 
D M Crf o ° ne of the ver V best field carrots because of it* 
. . i ci i y ix. b enormous productiveness and the ease with which 
Improved Short White ca . n harvested. Roots half long, seven to 
. nine inches in length, smooth, very heavy at the 
shoulder but tapering regularly to the point: color creamy white with light green 
gr?'7i F „J} white, solid, crisp and of excellent quality for stock feeding. Pkt. 5c; 
Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; */ 4 Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. 
Guerande or Ox Heart 
The carrot is one of the most wholesome and nutritious of our garden roots deserving to 
be more extensively used for culinary purposes and we urge our customers to give some of the 
early table varieties as well as feeding sorts a trial. For horses and especially as winter feed 
for milch cows, the carrot cannot be surpassed and it should be more largely grown by farmers 
for this purpose. 
While a sandy loam made rich oy manuring the previous year is the best soil for the car¬ 
rot, any good land if thoroughly and deeply worked will produce satisfactory crops. It is ad¬ 
visable to sow as early in the spring as the ground is fit to work, though good crops may be 
grown from sowings as late as June 15. For table use sow the smaller kinds early in rows 
sixteen to eighteen inches apart. For field culture sow in drills eighteen to twenty-four inches 
apart, using from one and one-half to three pounds of seed to the acre. Cover one-half to one 
inch deep and see to it that the soil is pressed firmly above the seed. As soon as the plants 
appear, use the cultivator or wheel hoe. Thin four to six inches apart in the row. 
I? 1* l CL ■ m (French Forcing) One of the 
Larliest onort rlorn earliest varieties in cultiva¬ 
tion and very desirable for forcing. Tops very small. Roots 
reddish orange, nearly round when forced quickly in very 
rich, well prepared soil, but are somewhat longer when 
grown outdoors. When fully matured about two to two anJ 
one-lialf inches long, but should be used before fully grown 
while young and tender. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; 
y 4 Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 
17 i c i . ij Excellent for early planting 
Larly scarlet Horn out of doors. Tops small. 
Roots orange-red, about three inches long, top shaped but 
tapering abruptly to a small tap. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 
2 Oz. 20c; y 4 Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 
Early Half Long Scarlet roots°of S ^fedhnrf^fz'' 
Carentan s l en(ler * cylindrical with remarkably small 
vaicmau necks, handsome deep orange color, tender 
throughout and of the best quality. Roots usually four and 
one-lmIf to five inches in length, but sometimes consider¬ 
ably longer. The seed may be sown very thick and the va¬ 
riety is well adapted for forcing. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 
2 Oz. 25c; V 4 Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25 
TJ-ir I Tops small. Roots cylindrical, smooth, bright orange; 
ndll i-ong ocanei liantes, flesh orange, becoming ^yellow in center but very 
Stumn Rooted tender throughout. This variety is of the finest quality and is one of the 
r most symmetrical and handsome of the medium sized sorts. The 
mature roots are usually five to six inches long. Excellent for the market or home garden. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; J / 4 Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 
Early Scarlet Horn 
Danvers 
D A half long orange carrot, grown 
L/anvers largely on account of its great pro¬ 
ductiveness and adaptability to all classes of soil. 
Tops of medium size. Root's of medium length, 
six to eight inches long, tapering uniformly to 
a blunt point. Flesh deep orange, tender and of 
goo 1 quality. Although the roots of this variety 
are comparatively short they often produce as 
large a bulk as t he longer field sorts and are more 
easily harvested. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; 
% Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 
CARROT 
