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JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Corporation) 
Carrots. 
German, Mokre. —French, Carotte .—Spanish, Zanahoria. 
Danvers Half Long Carrot. 
Carrots are grown largely both for feeding to stock and culinary purposes; the long varieties used for the 
former, the “ Horn ” and medium sorts for the latter. The “ Horn ” sorts can be grown on thin soil and are mostly 
for early use. The others prefer deep, sandy loam that was well manured the previous year for some other crop, 
such as potatoes or onions. Sow in April or May or for late crops for table use, up to the end of June, about one 
inch deep in drills 15 inches apart for garden sorts. The rows in field cultivation should be two feet apart. Thin 
out the plants from three to eight inches apart, according to variety. One ounce of seed is sufficient for 100 feet oj 
drill, four pounds to an acre . 
Chantenay. A type of Danvers Half-Long, but earlier and smaller 
Danvers Half-Long. The most desirable main crop variety ; an excellent keeper 
Early Scarlet Forcing. Very early and valuable for forcing .... 
Early Scarlet Horn. A medium-sized half-long variety of fine color 
Ouerande, or Oxheart. Intermediate between half-long and Horn sorts 
Half-Long Scarlet Carentan. Stump rooted, coreless, red flesh 
Nantes Stump Root. A medium-size, medium-early table variety 
Long Orange Improved. A large long-rooted variety, suitable for table or stock 
Large Yellow. A desirable variety for feeding to stock ..... 
Large White. The largest and most profitable for feeding to stock . 
White Vosges. Large, thick, short, fine for stock ...... 
Cardoon. 
Pkt. 
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.60 
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,10 
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German, Kardott .— French, Cardo7i .— Spanish, Cardo Ilortense. 
Cardoon is grown for the midrib of the leaf, which requires to be blanched in the same manner as celery. Sow' 
early in spring, where the plants are to remain, in drills three feet apart, and an inch and a half deep, and thin out 
the young plants to a foot apart in the drills. 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
Lb. 
Large Smooth Spanish. Grows about four feet high ....... 
$0.05 
$0.20 
$2 .OO 
Chicory. 
German, Cichorie .— French, Chicoree .— Spanish, Achivoria de Cafe . 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
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Large Rooted. Sow and treat in the same manner as carrots. This is the chicory of com¬ 
merce used to mix with coffee. The roots are taken up, washed, cut in small pieces and 
carefully dried before being used .......... 
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•30 
Witloof. Sow in May or June in drills, thin out to six inches apart, treat as p7idivc until 
end of summer, when it should be banked up like celery. The blanched stalks are used 
as a salad. It is also used as a boiled vegetable dressed in the same way as cauliflower 
.05 
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•35 
Collards, or Colewortz. 
German, Blatter kohl . — French, Chou Cabu . — Spanish, Cabu. 
Sow seed as for cabbage, in June, July and August in succession. Transplant when one month old into rows 
three feet apart and two feet apart in the rows. Is closely allied to the Cabbage family, used as greens ; grown 
largely in sandy sections, particularly in the South. One ounce of seed will produce about 3,000 plants. 
Georgia. Per pkt. 5 cents ; oz. 10 cents; lb. $1.00. 
On April 19 I planted one quart of Old Glory Peas: on fune 23 I picked 1-2 bushel of fully developed and finest 
flavored peas I ever ate , some of the pods having ?ii?ie and ten peas in the?n. I picked in all 2 3-4. bushels from only one 
quart of seed , which I consider a remarkable crop , especially as there was 7 iot a particle of fertilizer of atiy kind used. 
I prefer the “Old Glory ” to a7iy other sort. Yours truly, 
jd lVyomi7ig Ave., Melrose , A/ass. * R. P. DIX£ Y. 
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