GERMAI NS 
VEGETABLE SEEDS 
CARROT, EARLY CHANTENAY 
CARROTS 
Zanahoria Mohre Carrotte 
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 readers to give some of the early 
taoje sorts a trial. For feeding stock, especially horses and milch cows, the carrot cannot be sur- 
passed and it should be more largely grown by farmers for this purpose. Like other root crops, 
L w r eS o beSt . n a well-enriched sandy soil, deeply tilled, and if plowed the fall before, all 
Sow in earI y spring in drills 15 to 18 Inches apart, finally thinning plants to 3 or 4 
inches. One ounce of seed will sow about 150 feet of row. Four pounds to the acre 
Early French Forcing. The earliest variety, 
largely grown for forcing purposes; globular¬ 
shaped root of an orange-red color. Pkt. 5 
cts., oz. 10 cts., lb. 85 cts. 
Early Scarlet, or Short Horn. One of the most 
popular varieties grown; color deep orange; 
one of the best for table use. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 
10 cts., lb. 75 cts. 
Improved Danvers Half Long. A first-class car¬ 
rot for all soils; in form midway between the 
Long Orange and the Short Horn. The root 
is of a rich, dark orange color and grows very 
smooth and handsome; 20 to 30 tons per acre 
is not an unusual crop. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts.. 
lb. 60 cts. 
Oxheart, or Guerande. This fine and very popu¬ 
lar carrot is intermediate as to length between 
the half-long varieties (sucli as Danvers) and 
the Scarlet Horn carrot, but much thicker 
than the latter, being at the top from four to 
five inches in diameter. Flesh-bright orange, 
fine-grained and sweet. It is a very fine qual¬ 
ity for table use and equally good for stock. 
Oxheart can be easily pulled, making it a par¬ 
ticularly desirable sort for planting in stiff 
clay soils. Pkt 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., lb. 75 cts. 
Early Chantenay. v This is the best early carrot 
grown, one which;.’market gardeners should 
plant. The. carrbts grow about six inches 
long, stump rooted,-- smooth, deep red, fine 
grained and . sughry, -and not 'apt to crack 
open while growing. An excellent table sort 
aud a heavy cropper. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 
• lh.- 00.. cts. See cut. 
Improved Long Orange. A well-known stand¬ 
ard sort; roots long, thickest near the crown, 
tapering regularly to a point; color deep or¬ 
ange. Suitable for the table and main field 
crop. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., lb. 50 cts. 
Improved Large White Belgian. Verv produc¬ 
tive; grown for stock feeding exclusively; 
grows one-third out of ground. Roots white; 
green above ground. Oz. 10 cts., lb. 40 cts. 
CHICORY 
Achicoria Cicliorie Ohicoree 
Much used as a salad by the French. Sow in 
spring in good soil, in drills 18 inches apart; 
after culture same as for carrots. 
Common, or Wild. Used in Barbe de Capucin, a 
salad much used in IYance. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 
cts., lb. $1. 
Large-rooted Magdeburg. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 
CORN SALAD 
Macha o Valerianilla Lammer Salat Mache 
Large-seeded. Round-leaved, commonly called 
Lamb’s lettuce. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., lb. $1. 
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