JAMES J. H. GBEGrOBY & SON’S BETAIL CATALOGUE. 
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FOTTLER’S EARLY BRUNSWICK. 
After an extensive trial on a large scale by 
market farmers in all parts of the United States, 
Fottler’s cabbage has grown in estimation in all 
the great cabbage districts. Those of our brother 
farmers who raise this tine, early Drumhead will 
find the Deep Head an improvement on it in depth 
of the head, which makes it a better strain to raise 
when the crop is for winter or spring marketing. 
Price, per pound, postpaid, $2.25; per 1-4 pound,' 
68 cts.; per ounce, 25'cts.; per package, 5 cts. 
Express Cabbage. 
Fottler’s Early Brunswick Cabbage. 
EXPRESS. (New.) 
This is a choice variety of early cabbage. Vilmorin^ the great French seedsman, 
ranks it at the head of all the early sorts. We find on our grounds that it resembles 
the Early Wakefield in shape, but makes larger heads. A good cabbage for those who 
raise for the earliest market. Per ounce, 25 cents; per package, 10 cents. 
laiv/ifS — Ours) I® til® market 
strain* 
CKRRGTS. 
Griierande can be pulled, 
by hand. 
In the town of Danvers, Mass., the raising 
of carrots on an extensive scale has for years 
been quite a business,—the farmers finding a 
large market in the neighboring cities of Salem, 
Lynn, and Boston. After years of experi¬ 
menting they settled upon a variety which 
originated among them (as did the Danvers 
onion), known in their locality as the “Dan¬ 
vers Carrot.” It \s in form about midway be¬ 
tween the Long Orange and Short Horn class, 
growing, generally, with a stump root. The 
great problem in carrot-growing is to get the 
greatest bulk with the smallest length of root, 
and this is what the Danvers growers have at¬ 
tained in their carrot. Under their cultivation 
(see our Treatise on Carrots and Mangolds), 
they raise from twenty to forty tons to the 
acre, and, at times, even larger crops. This 
carrot is of a rich dark orange in color, very 
smooth and handsome, and from its length is 
easier to dig than the Long Orange. It is a 
first-class carrot for any soil. The seed we offer 
is from most carefully selected stock. Price, per 
pound, postpaid, $>1.33; per ounce, 15 cts.; per pkg., 5 cts. 
P. L. Pasco, Ripon, Wis., writes : “ I have grown Danvers Carrots from 
your seed at the rate of sixteen hundred bushels to the acre.” 
Guerande Half-Long, Stump-Rooted or Oxheart. 
Intermediate as to length between the Scarlet Horn and the 
Short Horn. It is thicker at the neck than the latter, and, as 
will be seen by the engraving, carries its thickness well down 
towards the bottom. Planting it on a large scale, we are well 
pleased with this 
new carrot. With 
us it yielded at the 
rate of thirty-five 
, fl tons to the acre. 
jU Every carrot can 
! i be easily pulled by 
hand; no plough¬ 
ing or digging is 
necessary. As it 
pushes out each 
side of the row 
when growing, it 
can be left thicker 
in the row than the 
Danvers or Long 
Orange. 
In the experimental grourdi connected with the New York 
Agricultural College, of twenty-five varieties of carrots tested 
in 1884, the Guerande yielded more than double the average 
weight of the roots of all other kinds. 
Writes G. W. Tripp, Otsego, Wis.,: “ From one ounce of the Guerande I 
raised forty-two bushels of fine carrots.” 
Writes Mr. Walter B. Knight, of Troy, Me.: “ On two square rods of 
land I raised eighteen bushels, which would be at the rate of fourteen 
hundred and forty bushels to the acre.” 
D. O. Gillett, So. Cass, Mich., writes: “I raised this year Guerande 
Carrots at the rate of nineteen hundred and sixty-tive bushels per acre.” 
Price, per pound, postpaid, $1.00; per ounce, 12 cents; per 
package, 5 cents. 
Improved Short White. (New.) 
This new and distinct variety, Mr. 
Ferry thinks, is destined to take first 
rank as a field carrot, owing to its 
enormous productiveness, and the ease with 
which it can be harvested. Roots half long, 
very heavy at the shoulder, smooth; color 
light green above ground, white below; 
flesh rich, white, solid, crisp, and of excel¬ 
lent flavor. As a heavy-cropping, easily 
harvested white carrot it is the best of its 
class. A real acquisition. Per lb., postpaid, 
$1.00; per oz., 15 cts.; per pkg., 10 cts. 
CHANTl^IVAY. 
This new French carrot is of a rich, dark 
orange color. The stock has been so well 
bred that the carrots are almost duplicates 
of each other. In earliness it ranks interme¬ 
diate between the Danvers and the Short 
Horn. It is of the style of the Danvers, 
hardly as large, but finer and more symmet¬ 
rical. Our customers will 
find the Chantenay a decided 
acquisition for those mar¬ 
kets which call for a carrot 
of a finer type than the 
Danvers. Price, per pound, 
postpaid, $1.00; per ounce, 
12 cents; per package, 5 cents 
Improved Short 
White Carrot. 
Chantenay. 
WllrVSBXl&S. 
This is the Goliath among the carrot family. 
Under rich manuring it will grow to be nearly 
the size of an average Mangold-wurzel. It is 
white under ground and greenish above, and 
grows so much above ground as to be pulled 
without digging. Forty tons can be raised on 
an acre. It is usually fed to horses. The seeds 
require thick planting to get a good stand. 
Have rows fifteen inches apart and thin to five 
inches. Price, per pound, postpaid, $1.00; per 
ounce, 15 cts.; per pkg., 5 cts. 
James O. Gunter, Drain, Ore., writes: ‘‘Your Giant 
White Wiltshire Carrot was the largest I ever saw.” 
. Elisabeth Johnston, Bloomington, Ind,, writes; “For twenty-four years I have found your seeds every way reliable.” 
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