12 Vegetable Seeds 
Vick’s Garden and Floral Guide 
These are very hardy perennial plants, belonging to the Onion family. They 
are grown exclusively for their tops, which are used for giving a mild onion-like 
flavor to soups, stews, etc. Planted in clumps in any good garden soil, they 
grow readily, and increase so as to render a division necessary. The tops 
appear very early in spring, and can be cut throughout the season. Roots, 
per bunch, 25 cents, by mail, prepaid. 
CORN SALAD—Fetticus 
CIVES OR CHIVES 
CARROT, GUERANDK OR OXHEART 
A favorite salad plant in Europe, used in winter and spring as a substitute 
for Lettuce. The leaves are sometimes boiled and served as Spinach. It is 
hardy and quick-growing. Sown in August and September, in drills one foot 
apart, and protected with a few leaves or straw during winter,it can be gathered 
very early in spring. Sown in April it is soon fit for use. The soil for Corn 
Salad should be very rich. Sow two ounces to 100 feet of drill. Packet, 
5 cents ; oz., 10 cents ; lb., 60 cents. 
CARROT 
F OR garden culture, sow in drills sixteen to eighteen inches apart, 
covering the seed half an inch to an inch deep. For field 
culture, sow in drills from twenty to thirty inches apart, and 
when plants are one to two inches high thin out to from three 
to eight inches apart in the rows, according to the variety. One 
ounce will sow 100 feet of drill; three to four pounds to an acre. 
Packet, 5 cents; oz., 10 cents; ^ lb., 30 cents; 
lb., $1.00; except as noted. 
Earliest French Forcing. The earliest of all varieties, and especially 
adapted for cultivation under glass, both on account of its earliness and the 
shortness and small size of its roots. It is also one of the best sorts for the 
table; delicate, fine-grained, and remarkably fine-flavored Itisalsoused by 
gardeners for bunching for early market. Root orange-red. Top very small. 
Early Scarlet Horn. This is a favorite for early crop, but not large; 
sold extensively in all markets bunched. The tops are small; roots top¬ 
shaped, stump-rooted, therefore easily pulled. Grows well in shallow soil. 
Half-long Nantes Stump-rooted. Of medium 
size, admirably adapted for bunching, anti one of the best for summer use 
for the home garden. Roots about six inches long, very smooth and cylin¬ 
drical, with no core ; very sweet and tender. 
Chantenay Stump-rooted. One of the best early 
Carrots in cultivation. In shape it is midway between the Half-Long Nantes 
Stump-Rooted and the Guerande or Oxheart varieties, nearly equaling the 
former in length, and having the broad shoulder and tapering root of the 
latter. Its color isorange-red; the flesh crisp and tender. Very early and 
a heavy cropper. A Carrot which market gardeners should plajit for their 
main early crop. 
Ou6t*AIldc or OXbcurt. This variety has given great 
satisfaction. While not attaining one-half the length of many other varieties 
it will compare favorably in bulk of crop, as on good land it will produce Car¬ 
rots four to six inches in diameter. The crop can be pulled by hand. Excel¬ 
lent for table use, as well as for stock. Truly a market gardener’s favorite. 
It is also one of the best for summer use for the home garden. Roots are 
about six inches long, smooth and cylindrical; no core; sweet and tender. 
Danvers Half-Long Orange, a first-class vari¬ 
ety ; flesh dark orange. The smooth, handsome roots arc of medium length, 
tapering uniformly to a blunt point; flesh sweet, crisp, and tender. A great 
favorite with market gardeners ; also valuable for a field crop, owing to its 
productiveness. Packet, 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 25 cts.; lb., 80 cts. 
Valery Intermediate. One of the best and handsomest main-crop 
Carrots. The roots are symmetrical, tapering regularly from the shoulder 
to tip, smooth, and free from side roots. The core is small and tender. 
Enormously productive. Very desirable for private gardens, as well as for 
market. Packet, 5 cents ; oz., xo cents ; K lb., 25 cents ; lb., 75 cents. 
Improved Long Orange. The old standard and pop¬ 
ular variety. It grows to a large size, some specimens measuring twelve 
inches in length. Enormous crops can be grown under fair culture. One of 
the best varieties for feeding stock. Packet, 5 cents ; oz., 10 cents- 
lb., 25 cents ; lb., 75 cents. 
Improved Short White (Vosges). For a field Carrot this is „n«- 
celled. The roots are short, very heavy at the shoulder, tapering to a point, 
and therefore easily harvested. Especially suited to shallow soils. Enor¬ 
mously productive. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 20 cts.; lb , 60 cts. 
Belgian Carrots. The great stock-feeding Carrots of Europe. Roots 
grow to a large size; partly above ground. Very productive. Orange Bel¬ 
gian, White Belgian. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz.,io cts.; lb., 20 cts.; lb.. 60 cts. 
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