JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Corporation) 
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Breck’s Market Garden Danvers Half Long 
Cardoon 
(Cynara cardunculus) 
German, “Kardon.”—French, “Cardon.” 
Cardoon is grown for the edible midrib of the leaf, 
which requires blanching in the same manner as celery. 
Sow sparingly, early in spring, in drills 1 inch deep and 
4 or 5 feet apart; later, thin out the young plants to 
about 2 feet apart in the row. 
Large Smooth Spanish. Grows about Pkt. Oz. Lb. 
four feet high.$0.05 $0.20 $2.00 
Chicory 
(Cichorium intybus) 
German, “Cichorie.”—French, “Chicoree.” 
Large Rooted. Sow and treat in the same 
manner as carrots. This is the Chicory 
of commerce used to mix with coffee. 
The roots are taken up, washed, cut in 
small pieces and carefully dried before 
being used .$0.05 $0.10 $0.30 
Wit loo f. Sow in May or June in drills, 
thin out to six inches apart, treat as 
Endive 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 pre¬ 
pared in the same way as Cauliflower. .05 .10 .35 
Carrots 
(Daucus carota) 
German, “Mohre.”—French, “Carotte.” 
Spanish, “Zanahoria” 
Carrots are grown extensively both for culinary pur¬ 
poses and for stock feeding; the “Horn” and medium 
varieties for the former; the long sorts for the latter 
use. Fine, mellow, sandy loams, which have been manured 
liberally for some previous crop, such as potatoes or 
onions, will produce smooth, well-shaped roots. Carrot 
seed may be sown towards the end of April, in May, or 
for late crops for table use, up to the middle of June, in 
drills 12 or 15 inches apart and not over 1 inch deep. 
For an early crop sow the “Horn” or medium varieties 
as early in spring as the ground can be prepared. If a 
horse cultivator is to be used the rows should be 28 or 30 
inches apart. Thin out the plants from 3 to 5 inches 
apart, according to the variety. As Carrot seed is slow 
in germinating, cultivation may begin earlier if a little 
radish seed is sown with the carrot to mark the rows. 
One ounce of seed will sow 100 feet of drill; 4 pounds, 
1 acre. 
Breck’s Market Garden Danvers Half Long. Selected 
strain half long carrot. Color deep orange, blunt 
point. Favorite with the market garden trade. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; M lb., 60c; lb., $2.00. 
Mass. Danvers Half Long. Massachusetts grown seed 
selected to meet requirements of the Boston Market 
Garden trade. Color rich orange without green top, 
root blunt. Pointed and broad shouldered, smooth, 
uniform type; length 8 to 10 inches. 
50c; V 4 lb., $1.50; lb., $5.00. 
Pkt., 
15c; 
oz.. 
Chantenay. A type of Danvers Half- 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
% lb. 
Lb. 
Long, but earlier and smaller.... 
Danvers Half Long. The most de¬ 
sirable main crop variety; an 
?0.05 
$0.20 
$0.50 
$1.75 
excellent keeper . 
Early Scarlet Forcing. Very early 
.05 
.15 
.40 
1.50 
and valuable for forcing. 
Early Scarlet Horn. Medium-sized 
.05 
.25 
.75 
2.00 
half-long variety of fine color. . . 
Guerande, or Oxheart. Intermediate 
.05 
.25 
.75 
2.00 
between half-long and Horn sorts. 
Half-Long Scarlet Carentan. Stump 
.05 
.20 
.50 
1.75 
rooted, coreless, fed flesh. 
Nantes Stump Root. Medium-size, 
.05 
.20 
.50 
1.75 
medium-earl}' table variety. 
Long Orange Improved. Large long- 
rooted variety, suitable for table 
.05 
.25 
.75 
2.00 
or stock . 
Large Yellow. Desirable variety for 
.10 
.35 
1.00 
feeding farm stock. 
Large White. Largest and most pro- 
.05 
.10 
.35 
1.00 
fitable for feeding farm stock.... 
.05 
.10 
.35 
1.00 
Collards, or Colwort 
German. “Blatterkohl.” — French. “Chou Cabu.” 
This vegetable is allied to the cabbage family. 
Sow seed as for cabbage, at intervals of about three 
weeks during May, June and July. When a month old, 
set out the plants in the garden in rows 3 feet apart, 
leaving 2 feet between the plants. The leaves are es¬ 
teemed as greens. One ounce of seed will produce about 
3000 plants. 
Georgie. Per pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; lb., $1.00. 
Corn Salad, or Fetticus 
(Valerianella olitoria) 
German, “Lammersalat.” — French, “Mache.” 
Spanish, “Macka Valerianilla” 
Sow very early in spring in shallow drills 1 foot apart. 
For an early spring crop, sow in September and winter 
over in cold frames, or cover with litter. One ounce of 
seed will sow 100 feet of drill. 
Large-Leaved. Per pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; lb., 80c. 
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