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Shumway’s Crisp Delicious Table Carrots 
Most Healthful Vegetable in Cultivation 
Recommended by the highest Medical authorities for infants as well as 
grown folks. Carrots should be in every garden this spring in sufficient 
quantity to give you fresh Carrots all summer, and plenty to store besides 
for next winter’s consumption. ALL POSTPAID. 
You Pay Less’and Get More Value here in Carrots than anywhere on earth. 
HOW DO WE DO IT, YOU ASK? Here’s how—I have specialized on 
breeding- Table Carrots for many years. My strains are Pure and True. 
They always produce uniform, smooth roots, free from fibrous growth of 
the most delicious texture and flavor. 
302 Shumway’s Coreless—65 days 
Positively free of heart or core. This early strain, ready for use in 65 days is highly 
recommended for both the home and market garden. It has an exceptionally beautiful 
appearance and is of unsurpassed quality. Its shape is cylindrical, stump-rooted, and 
about 6 inches long. The flesh, which* is a red orange and coreless, is unusually sweet, 
melting, tender, and smooth. Excellent for forcing.. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 18 cts.; 14 lb., 
40 cts.; i/ 2 lb., 70 cts.; lb., $1.25; 2 lbs., $2.25, postpaid. 
KS 
Grow 
Mo 
Carrots 
Culture. Although 
the seeds are slow 
to germinate, there 
is no vegetable of 
easier culture. 
Plant the seed % 
inch deep in loose, 
deep, well-prepared 
soil, making rows 16 to 
24 inches apart. Culti¬ 
vate as soon as plants 
a. r e established and 
thin to 2 to 4 inches in the 
rows, according to the size 
of the variety. One ounce 
will sow 100 feet of row; 3 
to 4 pounds, an acre. 
304 
Early Chantenay 
Extra Select 
Super Strain 
E ar ly — Coreless — Tender— 
Sweet. 70 days. For the mar¬ 
ket gardener who caters to the 
fancy trade, and for all who 
want the best in Carrots. This 
super strain of Chantenay pro¬ 
duces very smooth roots of 
even shape and size, free from 
eyes and side roots. The color 
is a rich orange and the sugar 
content very high. In quality 
and tenderness nothing more 
could be desired. Short tops, 
not brittle, but strong enough 
to bunch easily. The Carrots 
are 5V 2 to 6 inches long, 
evenly stump rooted. Pkt., 5 
cts.; oz., 15 cts.; X A lb., 35 cts.; 
y 3 11>., 59 cts.; lb., $1.00; 2 lbs., 
$1.85, postpaid. , 
314 Shumway’s American Beauty 
Illustrated in Natural Colors Inside Back Cover 
Enormous Yielder—Excellent Quality—Absolutely Stringless 
Beady for use in 60 days. It is a half long stump rooted variety. The root 
is smooth, uniform and handsome, entirely free from core, with sweet and ten¬ 
der flesh. It never becomes stringy nor shows rings; producing its crop of 
desirable size and shape. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 18 cts.; Vi lb., 40 cts.; y 2 lb., 70 cts.; 
lb., $1.25; 2 lbs., $2.25, postpaid. 
310 
Shumway’s Perfection 
The WORLD’S FINEST 
for Home Gardens 
and Market 
Sweet-Crisp-Tender and Pro¬ 
lific. Matures in 75 days. 
Very handsome smooth 
straight roots of rich orange- 
red color. When matured roots are 1y> inches thick at shoulder 
tapering to a rather pointed tip 8 to 10 inches long. Just Bight 
for Bunching. Tops deep green color, pialting handsome contrast 
to roots when bunched for market. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 18 cts.; 
i/ 4 lb., 40 cts.; i/ 2 lb., 70 cts.; lb., $1.24; 2 lbs., $2.25, postpaid. 
SI 
305 Early Scarlet Horn 
Small, Stump-Rooted, Tender and Sweet; Orange-Scarlet 
(55 days.) This carrot is an old favorite with many market gar¬ 
deners in this country and abroad. The roots are 3 to 3% in. long 
and measure 1 % to 1% in. thick at the shoulder. They are de¬ 
cidedly stump-rooted. Of a bright orange-scarlet color. Sweet, 
tasty, and tender. Pkt., 4 cts.; oz., 14 cts.; y 4 lb., 35 cts.; y 2 lb., 
50 cts.; lb., 90 cts.; 2 lbs., $1.70, postpaid. 
303 Half-Long Danvers—75 days 
Shumway’s Supreme Strain 
Most popular variety in America. For many 
years I have been selecting and perfecting this 
strain until today I feel that my stock on this 
outstanding American variety excels in quality, yield, and 
earliness. The roots are 6% to 7V2 inches long, about 2 
inches thick at the crown, tapering to about % inch thick 
at tip of root. Flesh is deep, bright, rich orange color, 
tender, sweet and crisp. When bunched makes a most at¬ 
tractive Carrot, always selling at top market prices. Pkt., 
7 cts.; oz., 17 cts.; i/ 4 lb., 35 cts.; i/ 2 lb., 58 cts.; lb., $1.00; 
2 lbs., $1.85, postpaid. 
309 Imperator or 
Tendersweet 
Sweet as Sugar—Hardy 
Big Yielder, Matures 70 days 
A splendid new variety somewhat 
longer than Danvers Half-Long, 
and more stump-rooted than most 
carrots of that length. Its round- 
shouldered roots are 7 to 8 inches 
long. The skin and flesh are a 
deep orange color, even through 
the small, indistinct core. Its uni¬ 
form tops are of nice bunching 
size. Beady in 70 days. Wonder¬ 
ful yielder.. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 
cts.; Vi lb., 35 cts.; V 2 lb., 59 cts.; 
lb., $1.00; 2 lb::., $1.85, postpaid. 
308 Shumway’s Early Market 
Favorite Carrot with Gardeners 
Throughout the Nation 
Attractive rich orange red. Absolutely string¬ 
less. Boots measure 5% inches long, 2 inches 
thick at shoulder, tapering to one inch diameter 
at the stump root. Very productive, beautiful 
green foliage, superb quality. Makes a most 
attractive bunch Carrot for home and market. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 18 cts.; Vi lb., 40 cts.; V 2 lb., 
70 cts.; lb., $1.25; 2 lbs., $2.25, postpaid. 
301 Oxheart or Guerande 
(65 days.) The roots are 5% to 
6 in. long, measuring at the top 
314 to 4 in. and at the base 2 to 
2i/ 2 in. They are stump-rooted 
and because of the shape, the 
Oxheart is very easily harvested. 
Flavor is delicious and flesh is 
tender, sweet and fine grained. 
Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; Vi lb., 
35 cts.; V 2 lb., 57 cts.; lb., $1.00; 
2 lbs., $1.85, postpaid. 
312 Nante’s Stump Rooted D ®y S 
The medium-sized roots are a beautiful, bright 
scarlet color, perfectly cylindrical in form. The 
flesh is orange and tender all the way through. 
It is very early, ready to pull in 65 days. Very 
popular as a bunch carrot, has small tops. Ex¬ 
cellent for the market or home garden. Pkt., 
7 cts.; oz., 17 cts.; Vi lb., 35 cts.; V 2 lb-, 58 cts.; 
lb., $1.00; 2 lbs., $1.85, postpaid. 
311 Morse’s Bunching 
Ideal for Bunching 
Beady for table in 55 days. The 
roots are smooth, uniform and hand¬ 
some, entirely free from core with 
sweet and tender flesh. Never be¬ 
comes stringy nor show rings. Pro¬ 
ducing a crop of the best and most 
desirable size and shape carrots for 
early bunching. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 18 
cts.; Vi lb., 45 cts.; V 2 lb., 70 cts.; 
lb., $1.25; 2 lbs., $2.40, postpaid. 
