WHOLESALE SEED GROWERS 
15 
Chihli 
CABBAGE — Continued 
Tel. 
Cipher 
Cabinacy 
Earliest and most sure heading of the Chinese varieties. Plant of upright 
growth, producing long, solid, white cylindrical heads, two feet in length. 
Leaves very broad, smooth, fringed on edge, with broad, white mid-rib; 
superior quality. 
Pe Tsai . Cabinet 
Sometimes called Celery Cabbage; resembles Cos Lettuce as much as cab¬ 
bage, though with a decided cabbage flavor. 
Wong Bok ... Cabinore 
The heads of this variety are shorter and broader than Pe Tsai, the in¬ 
curving leaves producing a tighter, more compact head. 
Carrot 
Chantenay Half Long (The Model).Caracole 
Excellent medium early half-long stump rooted variety; roots about 6 
inches long, very thick, smooth and of a deep orange-red color. 
Chantenay, Red Cored. Caradove 
Fine grained flesh of a deep or reddish orange. The core is so small 
as to almost warrant the name “coreless.” Shippers are finding this to 
be quite popular on the markets. 
Danvers Half Long Carrot 
Danvers Half Long. Caravan 
The best known second early, half-long sort; roots 6 to 8 inches long, 
tapering to a blunt point; flesh deep orange, tender and good quality. 
Early Scarlet Horn. Caravel 
Very early, with small top; roots about 3 inches long, rather blunt rooted; 
color orange-red. 
French Forcing Horn (Golden Ball) .Carbine 
The earliest variety; tops very small; roots almost round, about 2 y 2 
inches long; orange-red in color. 
Half Long Stump Rooted Nantes. Carboy 
Roots 6 to 8 inches long, nearly cylindrical, blunt ended, smooth and of 
bright orange color. Flesh red, sweet and mild; almost coreless. 
Hutchinson . Carbum 
Largely grown in the New England states. Roots 10 to 12 inches in length, 
nearly cylindrical in form and ending in an abrupt stump root. Color 
a deep orange. Immensely productive. 
Imperator . Carcake 
A variety of very recent introduction and which has quickly become 
popular in certain localities for shipping to distant markets. Roots are 
10 inches long and 2 to 2 V 2 inches wide at shoulder and inclined to be 
of a symmetrical cylinder shape. Roots gradually come to a short point 
and are of a deep orange color. 
Improved Long Orange. Carcass 
An excellent, intermediate season, standard sort; roots 12 inches long, 
about 3 inches broad at the crown, tapering regularly to a point; deep 
orange color. 
Improved Short White (Mastodon) .Carder 
Roots half-long, 7 to 9 inches in length and very smooth, heavy at the 
shoulder, tapering regularly to a point; color creamy white, light green 
abovb ground; enormously productive Fine for stock feeding. 
