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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Very productive, medium early and of excellent quality. Tops medium 
l^nantenay sized, 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 
qutility for the market and home garden, while 
its great productiveness and the ease with 
which it can be liar vested make it very desir¬ 
able as a field sort. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 30c; 2 Oz. 55c; 
V 4 Lb. $1.00; Lb. $2.75 
T i | ^ This is a decided improvement obtained by 
Improved Long Orange years of careful selection of the best formed 
and deepest colored roots of t he old Long Orange, which was the most popular of 
the older sorts for farm use on deep and mellow soil. The roots of the strain we 
offer are very deep orange, long and comparatively thick, often t welve inches in 
length and three inches in diameter at the crown, tapering regularly to a point. 
Tops small for the size of the root. Suitable for table use as well as stock feeding, 
combining great productiveness with uniform shape and finegrained, sweet flesh. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 30c; 2 Oz. 55c; V 4 Lb. $1.00; Lb. $2.75 
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 or 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 by 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 /ate 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» . or . it {French Forcinq') One of the earliest varieties in cultivation 
onort ilorn 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 and one-half inches long, 
but should be used before fully grown while young and tender. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 30c; 2 Oz. 55c; 
l A Lb. $1.00; Lb. $3.00 
0 i . 11 Excellent for early planting 
Larly bcarlet 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. 30c; 
2 Oz. 55c; Va Lb. $1.00; Lb. $2.75 
Early Half Long Scarlet ^aiifToots' 1 of V S 
Parentan dium size, slender, cylindrical with remark- 
V " < * rcill - Cl11 ably small necks, handsome deep orange 
color, tender throughout and of the best quality. Roots 
usually four and one-half to five inches in length, but 
sometimes considerably longer. The seed may be sown 
very thick and the variety is well adapted for forcing. 
( Very short crop; sold out ) 
Half Long Scarlet Nantes, J>° hndri cai! J smooth! 
Stump Rooted b°u? vf?y Sr 
throughout. Of the finest quality and one of the most sym¬ 
metrical and handsome of the medium sized sorts, usually 
five to six inches long. Excellent for the market or home 
garden. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 30c; 2 Oz. 55c; V 4 Lb. $1.00; Lb. $2.75 
Carly Scarlet Horn 
Guerande, or Ox Heart desfrabie 
for soil so hard and stiff that longer rooted 
sorts would not thrive in it. Tops compara¬ 
tively 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 (able use and when mature are 
equally good for stock feeding. Pkt, 5c; 
Oz. 30c; 2 Oz. 55c; V 4 Lb. $1.00; Lb. $2.75 
Chantenay 
pv A half long orange carrot, growm 
Uanvers largely on account of its great pro¬ 
ductiveness and adaptability to all classes of 
soil. Tops of medium size. Roots of medium 
length, six to eight inches long, tapering uni¬ 
formly to a blunt point. Flesii deep orange, 
crisp and tender. Although the roots of this 
variety are comparatively short they produce 
as large a bulk as the longer field sorts and 
are more easily harvested. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 30c; 
2 Oz. 55c; V 4 Lb. $1.00; Lb. $2.75 
p. .. p q y One the ver y best field carrots because of its 
LI. lVI. rerry CSC LO S enormous productiveness and the ease w'ith which 
CL^-f Wkifa it can be harvested. Roots half long, seven to 
* m P rovea onort VV mie n j ne inches in length, smooth, very heavy at the 
shoulder but tapering regularly to the point; color creamy white with light green 
crown. Flesh white, solid, crisp and of excellent quality for stock feeding. Pkt. 5c; 
Oz. 25c; 2 Oz. 40c; V 4 Lb. 75c; Lb. $2.50 
Querande, or Ox Heart 
CARROT 
