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Kendall and Whitneys 
CARROT. 
Carrots require a very finely pulverized soil, to grow them to perfection. 
A good, light, and well enriched sandy loam is the best for this crop. For 
field-culture, sow in drills, three to three and one half feet apart, so as to 
cultivate by horse. Market gardeners sow in drills about eighteen inches 
apart, and cultivate by hand. For early crops, cover one-half an inch deep, 
and thin to six inches apart in the rows; for late, cover three-fourths of an 
inch deep, and thin to four inches. One ounce to one hundred feet of drill, 
three to four pounds to the acre. 
Pkt. Oz. 141b. Lb. 
Early French Forcing. The earliest variety; val¬ 
uable for forcing.*.05 .15 .30 $1.00 
Early Horn. Early, fine grain; medium size, an 
excellent table sort.05 .15 .30 1.00 
Oxheart. Very thick and short. ... .05 .10 .25 .75 
Chantenay. A choice variety. Longer than the 
Scarlet Horn, and a little broader at the top. *05 .10 .25 .75 
Danver’s Half Long. In form it is midway between 
the Long Orange and Short Horn. The root is of a 
rich dark orange color, and grows very smooth. Very 
productive and keeps well.05 .10 .25 .75 
Improved Long Orange. An improvement on the 
common Long Orange Roots of large size, heavy 
cropper and excellent keeper.05 .10 .25 .75 
Large White Belgium. Large, long rooted variety; 
valuable for feeding.05 .10 .20 .60 
CAULIFLOWER. 
Any soil that will grow early Cabbages will grow Cauliflower, as their 
requirements are almost similar; but as the product is more valuable, extra 
manuring and preparation of the soil will be well paid. 
The seeds may be sown in the hot-bed in March or April, and transplanted 
to open ground about the first of May. 
One ounce will produce about three thousand plants. 
Extra Early Dwarf Erfurt. The earliest variety; large 
compact heads, of fine quality. 
Early Paris. A well known excellent variety.10 
Carter’s Dwarf Mammoth. A hardy variety, of dwarf and 
compact habits, with a firm, white head. Stands dry weather. 
Henderson’s Early Snowball. One of the early sorts. Its 
dwarf habit and short outer leaves allow it to be planted as close 
as 18 to 20 inches apart each way. . 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
.15 
$1.50 
.10 
1.00 
.10 
1.00 
.20 
2.00 
CELERY. 
To have celery early, it should be sown in a hot-bed, quite early in the 
spring, and when three inches high, plant out in a well-prepared bed, which 
must be covered in frosty weather. For the principal crop, sow early in 
spring, very shallow in the seed-bed, and when the plants are about six inches 
high, transplant them six inches apart into trenches for blanching. Dig the 
trenches four feet apart, a foot wide and ten inches deep. Fill in five or six 
inches of well rotted manure, and mix thoroughly, half a spade deep, with the 
earth at the bottom. The tops of the plants should be shortened before they 
are set. Earth up to blanch, three or four times during their growth, taking 
care that no earth falls in the centre of the plants. 
One ounce of seed produces about four thousand plants. 
