Shumway’s Crisp Delicious Table Carrots 
Most Healthful Vegetable in Cultivation 
Recommended by the highest Medical authorities for infants as well 
grown folks. Carrots should be in every garden this spring in suffici< 
quantity to give you fresh Carrots all summer, and plenty to store besit 
for next winter’s consumption. ALL POSTPAID. 
You Pay Less'and Get More Value here in Carrots than anywhere on earth 
HOW DO WE DO IT, YOU ASK? Here’s how—I have specialized on 
breeding Table Carrots for many years. My strains are Pure and True. 
They always produce uniform, smooth roots, free from fibrous growth of 
the most delicious texture and flavor. 
302 Shumway’s Coreless—65 days 
Positively free of heart or core. This early strain, ready for use in 6 
recommended for both the home and market garden. It has an except: 
appearance and is of unsurpassed quality. Its shape is cylindrical, st 
about 6 inches long. The flesh, which* is a red orange and coreless, is 
melting, tender, and smooth. Excellent for forcing. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz, 
40 cts.; i/ 2 lb., 70 cts.; lb., $1.25; 2 lbs., $2.25, postpaid. 
310 
Shumway’s Perfection 
The WORLD’S FINEST 
for Home Gardens 
and Market 
Early Chantenay 
Grow 
More 
Carrots 
Extra Select 
Super Strain 
Early — Coreless — Tender— 
Sweet. 70 days. For the mar¬ 
ket gardener who caters to the 
fancy trade, and for all who 
want the best in Carrots. This 
super strain of Chantenay pro¬ 
duces very smooth roots of 
even shape and size, free from 
eyes and side roots. The color 
•is a rich orange and the sugar 
content very high. In quality 
and tenderness nothing more 
could be desired. Short tops, 
not brittle, but strong enough 
to bunch easily. The Carrots 
are 5% to 6 inches long, 
evenly stump rooted. Pkt., 5 
cts.; oz., 15 cts.; V* 11>., 35 cts.; 
% lh., 59 cts.; lb., $1.00; 3 lbs., 
$1.85, postpaid. 
■ Culture. Although IS 
■ the seeds are slow IH 
I to germinate, there 
I is no vegetable of 19 
I easier culture. n 
| Plant the seed % H 
inch deep in loose, » 
deep, well-prepared 1 
soil, making rows 16 to 1 
24 inches apart. Culti¬ 
vate as soon as plants 
are established and 
thin to 2 to 4 inches in the 
rows, according to the size 
of the variety. One ounce 
will sow 100 feet of row; 3 
to 4 pounds, an acre. 
Sweet-Crisp-Tender and Pro¬ 
lific. Matures in 75 days. fSjffjjr 
Very handsome smooth 
straight roots of rich orange- 
red color. When matured roots are 1% inches thick at shoulder 
tapering to a rather pointed tip 8 to 10 inches long. Just Right 
for Bunching. Tops deep green color, making handsome contrast 
to roots when bunched for market. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 18 cts.; 
Vi lh., 40 cts.; y 2 lh., 70 cts.; lh., $1.24; 2 lbs., $2.25, postpaid. 
305 Early Scarlet Horn 
Small, Stump-Rooted, Tender and Sweet; Orange-Scarlet 
(55 days.) This carrot is an old favorite with many market gar¬ 
deners in this country and abroad. The roots are 3 to 3% in. long 
and measure 1% to 1% in. thick at the shoulder. They are de¬ 
cidedly stump-rooted. Of a bright orange-scarlet color. Sweet, 
tasty, and tender. Pkt., 4 cts.; oz., 14 cts.; Vi lb., 35 cts.; y 2 lh., 
50 cts.; lh., 90 cts.; 2 lbs., $1.70, postpaid. 
314 Shumway’s American Beauty 
Illustrated in Natural Colors on page 21 
Enormous Yielder—Excellent Quality—Absolutely Stringless 
Ready for use in 60 days. It is a half long stump rooted variety. The root 
is smooth, uniform and handsome, entirely free from core, with sweet and ten¬ 
der flesh. It never becomes stringy nor shows rings; producing its crop of 
desirable size and shape. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 18 cts.; Vi lh., 40 cts.; V 2 lh-, 70 cts.; 
lb., $1.25; 2 lbs., $2.25, postpaid. 
309 Imperator or 
Tender sweet 
Sweet as Sugar—Hardy 
Big Yielder, Matures 70 days 
A splendid new variety somewhat 
longer than Danvers Half-Long, 
and more stump-rooted than most 
carrots 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 uni¬ 
form tops are of nice hunching 
size. Ready in 70 days. Wonder¬ 
ful yielder. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 
cts.; Vi lh-, 35 cts.; V 2 lh., 59 cts.; 
303 Half-Long Danvers—75 days 
Shumway’s Supreme Strain W 
Most popular variety in America. For many 
years I have been selecting and perfecting this 
strain until today I feel that my stock on this. r 
outstanding American variety excels in quality, yield, and 
earliness. The roots are 6i/ 2 to 7y 2 inches long, about 2 
inches thick at the crown, tapering to about % inch thick 
at tip of root. Flesh is deep,, bright, rich orange color, 
tender, sweet and crisp. When bunched makes a most at¬ 
tractive Carrot, always selling at top market prices. Pkt., 
7 cts.; oz., 17 cts.; i/ 4 lh., 35 cts.; i/ 2 lb., 58 cts.; lb., $1.00; 
2 lbs., $1.85, postpaid. 
301 Oxheart or Guerande 
(65 days.) The roots are 5% to 
6 in. long, measuring at the top 
i 3!4 to 4 in. and at the base 2 to 
2% in. They are stump-rooted 
and because of the shape, the 
Oxheart is very easily harvested. 
Flavor is delicious and flesh is 
tender, sweet and fine grained. 
Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; Vi 15., 
35 cts.; y 2 15., 57 cts.; lh., $1.00; 
2 lbs., $1.85, postpaid. 
308 Shumway’s Early Market 
Favorite Carrot with Gardeners 
Throughout the Nation 
Attractive rich orange red. Absolutely string¬ 
less. Roots measure 5% inches long, 2 inches 
thick at shoulder, tapering to one inch diameter 
at the stump root. Very productive, beautiful 
green foliage, superb quality. Makes a most 
attractive bunch Carrot for home and market. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 18 cts.; Vi 15., 40 cts.; y 2 15., 
70 cts.; lb., $1.25; 2 lbs., $2.25, postpaid. 
311 Morse’s Bunching ( No 116 ) 
See Painting Outside Back Cover 
Ready for table in 55 days. The 
roots are smooth, uniform and hand¬ 
some, entirely free from core with 
sweet and tender flesh. Never be¬ 
comes stringy nor show rings. Pro¬ 
ducing a crop of the best and most 
desirable size and shape carrots for 
early bunching. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 18 
cts.; Vi 15., 45 cts.; 1/2 15-, 70 cts.; 
lb., $1.25; 2 lbs., $2.40, postpaid. 
312 Nante’s Stump Rooted 65 
Days 
The medium-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 early, ready to pull in 65 days. Very 
popular as a bunch carrot, has small tops. Ex¬ 
cellent for the market or home garden. Pkt., 
7 cts.; oz., 17 cts.; Vi 15., 35 cts.; y 2 15., 58 cts.; 
lb., $1.00; 2 lbs., $1.85, postpaid. 
Dwrwers 
SupremeSirain' 
Ox-Heart 
