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CARROTS—Shumway * s Superior Table Varieties 
Shumway’s 
Coreless 
302 Shuraway’s Coreless. Positively free of 
heart or core. This early strain, ready for 
use in 65 days is highly recommended for 
both the home and market garden. It has 
an exceptionally beautiful appearance and is 
of unsurpassed quality. Its shape is cylin¬ 
drical, stump-rooted, and about 6 inches long. 
The flesh, which is a red orange and coreless, 
is unusually sweet, melting, tender, and 
smooth. Excellent for forcing. Pkt., 8 cts.; 
oz., 19 cts.; % lb., 42 cts.; % lb., 71 cts.; 
lb., $1.25; 2 lbs., $2,40, postpaid. 
314 Shumway’s American Beauty. Enormous 
yielder—excellent quality. Ready for use in 
60 days. It is a half long stump rooted va¬ 
riety. The root is smooth, uniform and hand¬ 
some, entirely free from core, with sweet and 
tender flesh. It never becomes stringy nor 
shows rings; producing its crop of desirable 
size and shape. See painting on page 21. 
Pkt., 10 ets.; oz., 20 cts.; % lb., 48 cts.; % lb., 
83 cts.; ib., $1.50; 2 lbs., $2,90, postpaid. 
309 
Imperator 
301 Oxheart or Guerande. This very 
short, stocky variety is noted ior its 
ability to thrive in hard, shallow, 
and heavy soils where longer types 
will not grow at all. The roots 'are 
5 inches long and about 4 inches 
thick at the top, scarlet-orange in 
color, blunt, and heart-shaped. Flesh 
is sweet flavored and fine-grained. 
Particularly good for table use. Beady 
for use in 70 days. Pkt., 7 cts.; 
oz., 17 cts.; % lb., 35 cts.; y, lb., 
58 cts.; lb., $1.00; 3 lbs., $1.90, 
postpaid. 
309 Imperator or Tendersweet. 
Sweet as sugar—hardy—big yielder. 
A splendid new variety somewhat 
longer than Danvers Half-Long, and 
more stump-rooted than most car¬ 
rots of that length. Its round- 
shouldered roots are -7 to 8 inches 
long. The skin and flesh are a 
deep orange color, even through the 
small, indistinct core. Its uniform 
tops are of nice bunching size. 
Beady in 70 days. Wonderful 
yielder. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 
% lb., 38 cts.; y 2 lb., 65 cts.; 
lb., $1.15; 3 lbs., $3.30, postpaid. 
305 Early Scarlet Horn. A first 
early excellent sort. Sometimes 
used for forcing. The flesh is fine 
grained and the color a deep orange. 
Medium size roots. It has small 
tops, and grows well in shallow 
soil. It matures in about 55 days. 
Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 16 cts.; % lb., 35 
cts.; Vz lb., 58 cts.; lb., $1.00; 
3 lbs., $1.90, postpaid. 
312 Nante’s Stump Rooted Half Long. The me¬ 
dium-sized roots are a beautiful, bright scarlet 
color, perfectly cylindrical in form. The flesh is 
orange and tender all the way through. It is very 
earty, ready to pull in 65 days. Very popular as 
a bunch carrot, has small tops. Excellent for the 
market or home garden. Plrt., 7 cts.; oz., 17 cts.; 
Vi lb., 35 cts.; y 2 lb., 58 cts.; lb., $1.00; 2 lbs., 
$1.90; postpaid. * ..... . 
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311 Morse’s Bunching (No. 116). A 
new early bunching carrot. Bred by 
Mr. Lester Morse, the veteran seed 
grower. Beady for table in 55 days. 
The roots are smooth, uniform and 
handsome, entirely free from core with 
sweet and tender flesh. Never becomes 
stringy nor show rings. Producing a 
crop of the best and most desirable size 
and shape carrots for early bunching. 
Be sure to try (his grand variety th : s 
year. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., IS cts.; % lb., 
45 cts,; y, ib., 70 cts; lb., $1.35; 3 lbs., 
$3.4 0, postpaid. 
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