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ST. LOUIS SEED COMPANY—"Pure and Sure" Seeds 
Carrot 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. 
Culture: April is the time to sow for early use. 
Sow seeds in drills 12 to 15 inches apart, covering 
seed about % inch. For general crop sow in May 
and June. 
Chantenay Early Half-Long Scarlet. 70 days. Ex¬ 
tra fine. This extensively used, half-long early 
variety has small tops and is excellent for the 
market or home garden. The roots are bright 
orange. This variety is of the finest quality and 
is one of the most symmetrical and handsome of 
the medium sized sorts. The mature roots are 
usually five to six inches long. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 
M lb., 40c; 1 lb., $1.10. 
Red-Cored Chantenay. 70 days. This is a dis¬ 
tinct improvement over the well known Chan¬ 
tenay. Roots 5 V2 to 6 inches long, 2^/4 inches 
thick at the shoulder, tapered, stump-rooted; 
flesh and core reddish orange. Pkt., 5c; oz., 
15c; M lb., 40c; 1 lb., $1.10. 
Danvers Half-Long. (Selected.) 75 days. For a 
general crop Danvers Half-Long Carrot stands 
supreme; a half-long orange Carrot. The tops 
are of medium size. The mature roots are 6 to 8 
inches long. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; M lb., 40c; 1 lb., 
$ 1 . 10 . 
Imperator (Bunching Carrot). An unusually fine 
appearing variety of high quality roots, rich 
orange, very little core, and of fine sweet flavor. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; % lb., 40c; 1 lb., $1.10. 
Nantes. 70 days. Roots bright orange, 5 to 6 inches 
long, 1^/4 inch in diameter, stump rooted. Prac¬ 
tically coreless and of finest quality. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 15c; 14 lb., 40c; lb., $1.10. 
Ox-Heart or Guerande. 70 days to produce roots 
of good table size. Roots scarlet-orunge; broad, 
blunt, heart-shaped; become 4% to 5 inches long. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 35c; 1 lb., $1.00. 
St. Valery. 85 days. The roots are very deep 
orange, long and comparatively thick, often 12 
inches in length and 3 inches in diameter at the 
crown, tapering regularly to a point. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 10c; % lb., 30c; 1 lb., 90c. 
Celery 
One ounce will produce about 3000 plants. 
Culture: The proper time to sow is early in April, 
transplanting about the first of June. Set in rows 
3 feet apart, and about 8 inches between plants in 
the row. 
Florida Golden. A selection from Golden Plume, 
bred for taller growth, and larger, thicker stems. 
Matures early. Hearts blanch to a rich cream 
color of exceptionally fine quality. Plants full 
hearted and compact. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; % 
lb., $1.00. 
Golden Detroit. This is a pure selection of the 
Dwarf Golden Self-Blanching type. The hand¬ 
some plants are heavy, very compact, stems are 
broad, and very thick. Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; % lb., 
$1.25. 
Golden Plume. This strain of Celery closely re¬ 
sembles the old Golden Self-Blanching in crisp¬ 
ness and flavor, but is distinctly larger and 
ranker in growth, more plainly ribbed, blanches 
more quickly, matures earlier. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
35c; M lb., $1.25. 
White Plume. The plants are of vigorous growth. 
They blanch easily and quickly to a piure white. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; ^ lb., 75c. 
Curled Celery. Used for flavoring soups, etc. Pkt., 
5c; oz., 20c; % lb., 65c. 
Golden Plume Celery 
CELERIAC 
(Turnip-Rooted Celery) 
Giant Prague. An improved variety of turnip- 
rooted Celery producing large tubers of nearly 
globular shape and comparatively smooth sur¬ 
face. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; 14 lb., 65c; 1 lb., $2.00. 
CHICORY 
Sow seed as early in the spring as the ground 
can be prepared, in rather light, moderately rich 
soil, in rows 2 to 214 feet apart. 
Witloof Chicory. The seed should be sown during 
April in the open ground, in drills 10 to 12 inches 
apart. Allow the plants to grow until Novem¬ 
ber, then take up and trim off the outer leaves. 
Then place in a trench 8 to 12 inches deep, plac¬ 
ing the roots upright, about 114 inches apart. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 50c; 1 lb., $1.75. 
Chicory, Large Rooted. The dried and prepared 
roots are used quite extensively as a substitute 
or adulterant for coffee; the leaves are used for 
salad. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 50c; 1 lb., $1.50. 
COLLARDS 
Georgia or Southern. This vegetable develops a 
loose-leaved head. It grows 2 or 3 feet high and 
produces large light green leaves on rather long 
stems. A frost, if not too severe, will improve the 
quality. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 14 lb., 25c; 1 lb., 60c. 
CORN SALAD 
Large-Seeded, Large-Leaved. During August or 
September sow the seed in shallow drills about 
1 foot apart, covering with about one-fourth inch 
of fine soil firmly pressed down. On the ap¬ 
proach of severe cold weather, cover with straw. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 14 lb., 30c; 1 lb., $1.00. 
