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FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 
CARROT 
We have indicated the number of days usually required to produce roots of good bunching size. 
Telegraph 
Code Word 
Chantenay carte 
70 days. Splen¬ 
did general pur¬ 
pose carrot; much used 
in home and market 
garden and for ship¬ 
ping bunched. Exten¬ 
sively grown for winter 
storage. Dependably 
heavy yielder. Roots 
deep reddish-orange; 
become 5 y 2 —6 in. long, 
2M in. thick at top; 
tapered ;stump-rooted; 
flesh deep orange. 
Telegraph 
Code Word 
Chantenay, 
Long Type carbc 
70 days. A strain 
of Chantenay 
bred especially for 
growing on soils where 
moisture table is high. 
Tops shorter than older 
type Chantenay. Roots 
definitely longer but 
fully as large; stump- 
rooted at maturity. 
Texture and color 
equal to Red Cored 
Chantenay. Suitable 
for bunching or bushel 
use. 
Telegraph 
_ . ... , ,.. , , . Code Word 
Carrot varieties, left to right: Danvers Half Long, ^CHANTENAY 
Morse’s Bunching, Imperator RED CORED* cared 
(Our Introduction) 
70 days. This is a distinct improvement over the well known Chantenay, es¬ 
pecially in color, texture, and quality of flesh and has been accepted with much 
enthusiasm particularly by canners. Roots deep reddish-orange; 5Y —6 in. long, 
234 i n - thick at the shoulder, tapered, stump-rooted; core reddish-orange, almost 
the same color as the flesh and so inconspicuous as to make the term coreless seem 
appropriate; flesh fine grained and tender; of sweet, delicate flavor. Telegraph 
Code Word 
DANVERS, Half Long caraf 
75 days. Very productive and popular for home and market 
garden. Roots bright deep orange, 6—7 in. long, 1% in. thick, 
uniformly tapered to the blunt end. Flesh bright orange, crisp, 
and tender. Suitable for bunching or bushel carrots. Extensively 
used for stock feeding. 
Early Scarlet Horn carrl 
63 days. Popular for early market. Tops small. Roots reddish- 
orange; 3 in. long, \]/ 2 in. at the shoulder and tapered to about 
1 in. thick at the blunt end; flesh reddish-orange, finegrained 
sweet, and tender. 
French Forcing (Earliest Short Horn) carfk 
60 days. Valuable for forcing and for out of door culture for early 
market. Tops small. Roots reddish-orange; small, globular, be¬ 
come 1 Yi in. in diameter; flesh reddish-orange, of high quality. 
Hutchinson carhu 
80 days. Popular in New England. Roots about 10 inches long, 
\y 2 inches thick, and cylindrical. Color light orange-red. 
