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LEONARD SEED COMPANY, CHICAGO 
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Carrots for the Table 
LEONARD’S CALIFORNIA PEERLESS. This car¬ 
rot is of outstanding quality, very smooth and of me¬ 
dium size with very small core and does not make very 
much top. The color is a bright red. It will stay in 
bunching condition for a long while and is a fine carrot 
to pack and sell in boxes. The crown is oval in shape 
and the tops do not break off as in other carrots. This 
variety is largely used in California for long distance 
shipping in bunches but will do well in this vicinity. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; M lb., 40c. 
Half Long Nantes. Tops of medium size, roots cylin¬ 
drical, smooth, bright orange; flesh orange, becoming 
yellow in center but with no distinct core. Excellent for 
the market or home garden. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 
40c. 
Coreless. A fine half-long early carrot. Medium sized, 
even shaped and productive. Biunt base and small tap 
root. Small, fine tops and a nice, smooth skin. The 
flesh is a rich orange-red, finely grained and very free 
from the woody yellow heart or core found in most 
red fleshed carrots. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 40c. 
Early Short Horn. Excellent for early planting out-of- 
doors. Tops small, coarsely divided; roots top-shaped, 
but tapering abruptly to a small tap; skin orange-red. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 40c. 
CHANTENAY. Tops medium sized; necks small; roots 
tapering slightly but uniformly stump rooted and 
smooth; color deep orange-red; flesh very crisp and 
tender. A heavy cropper and is undoubtedly one of the 
best for both the market and private garden while its 
great productiveness makes it very desirable as a field 
sort. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 40c. 
Coreless 
Hutchinson. A variety that was developed by selection 
from the Danvers Half Long. It has slightly darker orange 
skin, grows an inch or two longer, but differs from the 
Danvers in that it carries its fullness well down to the end, 
making it decidedly stump-rooted. A heavy yielder and 
attractive in appearance Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 40c. 
Half Long Scarlet Carentan. A forcing variety, cy¬ 
lindrical in shape, about four inches long and one inch 
thick, very stumped with small rat tail and fine small tops. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 40c. 
LEONARD’S RED CORELESS CHANTENAY. An im¬ 
proved Chantenay with red core. Quality extra fine, tender 
and sweet. Good shipper and splendid market gardener's 
variety. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 40c. 
Improved Long Orange. The most popular of the older 
sorts for farm use on mellow soil. An improvement ob¬ 
tained by years of careful selection df the best formed and 
deepest colored roots. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 35c. 
Long or Greater Chantenay. This is a strain of Early 
Chantenay which resembles the original type in all respects 
except that it averages l/ 2 to 2 inches longer. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 15c; 14 lb., 40c. 
Culture. The Carrot, whether used raw, fried, boiled or stewed, used 
alone or combined with other vegetables or meat is not surpassed in 
nutritious healthfulness by any vegetable. Plant Carrot seed from the 
time the soil can be worked in the spring till July, in 1' or 2'ft. rows 
for hand cultivation or in 30'inch rows where a horse-drawn tool is used. 
Use 1 ounce of seed to 100 feet of row, 3 to 4 pounds to the acre, cover¬ 
ing one-half inch deep and later thin to a 4-incn stand. To cultivate the 
rows at an early date, sow Radish seed, which germinates quickly, with 
carrot seed, which germinates slowly. Do not overlook the value of this 
crop as a stock food. 
