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LEONARD SEED COMPANY, CHICAGO 
Carrots for the Table 
LEONARD'S CALIFORNIA PEERLESS. This carrot is of out 
standing 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; 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; M 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; M lb., 50c. 
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; M lb., 50c. 
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 undoubted¬ 
ly 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; M lb., 50c. 
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; 
H lb., 50c. 
Half Long Scarlet Carentan. A forcing variety, cy¬ 
lindrical 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 im¬ 
proved Chantenay with red core. Quality extra fine, tender 
and sweet. Good shipper and splendid market gardener’s 
variety. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; M lb., 50c. 
Improved Long Orange. The most popular of the older 
sorts for farm use on mellow soil. An improvement ob¬ 
tained by years of careful selection of the best formed and 
deepest colored roots. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; J4 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, cover¬ 
ing one-half inch deep and later thin to a 4-inch stand. To cultivate 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. 
Leonard’s California 
Peerless. 
Chantenay. 
