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F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS. SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 
Carrots, Chantenay, Red Core 
CARROTS 
From January to 
December 
Carrots require only average simple care 
and have no serious insect or disease 
pests. Sandy loam is the best soil type, 
however, almost any soil that is thoroughly 
and deeply worked will produce a good 
crop. Plant seed in rows 16 to 18 inches 
apart and cover one-half to one inch, press¬ 
ing the soil down firmly. February is a 
good month to sow for the spring crop, 
and August for the fall crop. However, an 
almost continuous crop may be harvested 
by sowing seed at 4 to 6 weeks intervals 
throughout the year. 
California Bunching Carrot 
CHANTENAY — 70 days. Roots are 5V'2 
inches long, stump rooted and a deep 
orange red in color. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, Vi lb. 
35c. lb. $1.00. 
CHANTENAY RED CORE— 70 days. This 
is a distinct improvement over the regular 
Chantenay strain in that the color of both 
the flesh and core are a uniform deep red- 
dish-orange, the yellowish coarse core hav¬ 
ing been eliminated. One of the most pop¬ 
ular for bunching. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, Vi lb. 
35c. lb. $1.00. 
CALIFORNIA BUNCHING— 77 days. Rec¬ 
ommended for market garden and long 
distance shipment as a bunching Carrot. 
The tops are short, coarsely cut with med¬ 
ium sized strong stems. Roots are smooth, 
almost cylindrical in shape, well stumped, 
8 inches long and from 1 to 1 V 2 inches in 
diameter at maturity. Pkt 5c, oz. 15c, Vi 
lb. 35c. lb. $1.00. 
DANVERS HALF LONG— 75 days. Exten¬ 
sively planted by market gardeners and 
fine for the home garden. The orange- 
scarlet roots measure 8 inches long and 
about 2 V 2 inches wide at the shoulder, 
tapering to a half-point or stump-root at the 
bottom. Pk. 5c, oz. 15c, Vi lb. 35c, lb. $1.00. 
NANTES IMPROVED CORELESS— 72 days. 
Unsurpassed for tenderness and sweet¬ 
ness. Tops are small, roots bright orange, 
smooth and cylindrical 6 to 7 inches long, 
almost coreless. This variety gives the 
home gardener supreme table quality. Pkt. 
5c, oz. 20c. Vi lb. 40c, lb. $1.25. 
FRENCH FORCING— Earliest of the short 
horn types, almost globular in shape, 2 
inches long and 2 inches deep, very 
stumped. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, Vi lb. 35c, lb. 
$ 1 . 00 . 
LONG ORANGE IMPROVED— Roots are 
very deep orange, long and comparatively 
thick, often 12 inches in length and 3 in¬ 
ches in diameter at the crown, tapering 
regularly to a point. Excellent variety for 
stock feed. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, Vi lb. 30c, lb. 
85c. 
OXHEART or GUERANDE — Especially 
adapted to hard soils where it is difficult 
to grow the long rooted sorts. The mature 
roots are 4Vz to 5 inches long and 3V2 
inches thick at the shoulder, tapering 
slightly to a very stump root. Fine for the 
table in the younger stages and widely 
used for stock feed owing to its high qual¬ 
ity, productiveness and ease of harvesting. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, Vi lb. 35c, lb. $1.00. 
LONG WHITE BELGIAN— 95 days. Roots 
8 to 10 inches in length, 3 to 4 inches in 
diameter at the top. Color, white with 
light green crown. One of the best field 
carrots because of its enormous produc¬ 
tiveness and the ease with which it can 
be harvested. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, Vi lb. 30c, 
lb. 85c. 
LONG YELLOW BELGIAN— 95 days. Used 
for stock feed. Same as White Belgian ex¬ 
cept for color which is pale yellow with 
green shoulder. Pkt. 5c oz. 15c, Vi lb. 30c, 
lb. 85c. 
Chinese Cabbage 
(Continued from page 7) 
CHINESE CHICKEN CABBAGE — This 
strain we offer for those who wish to 
grow cabbage primarily for greens. While 
not of the perfect heading quality of the 
preceding, for this purpose it is very sat¬ 
is factory. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 2 oz. 15c, Vi lb. 
25c, lb. 75c. 
Cardoon or Cardoni 
Mostly used by the Italian people. The full 
grown plants resembles a mature artichoke 
plant. The stalks may be boiled until 
tender then fried in an egg batter. Plants 
should be 2 feet in the row and rows 4 
feet apart. Sow seed in March or April, 
transplanting when sufficiently large. 
Plants are blanched when mature by 
wrapping burlap bags around the plants. 
LARGE SPANISH SPINELESS— Tall fleshy 
leaf stalks and ribs. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, Vi lb. 
75c, lb. $2.50. 
CREAMY WHITE CAULIFLOWER FOR 
WINTER 
Cauliflower, Danish Giant 
The same cultural methods 
that produce good cabbage 
will do likewise for Cauli¬ 
flower. Being a heavy feeder, 
Cauliflower requires a little 
more fertile soil, and, too, the 
heads should be protected from 
the sunlight by gathering the 
tops of the leaves together 
loosely in order to produce the 
pure white curd-like head. 
Seed sown in June, July and 
August and transplanted to 
the field will mature heads in 
October, November and De¬ 
cember. 
(See page 9) 
