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SS of this wonderful stock Carrot 
=S// this year for your live stock. 
m4 seed will sow one 
y acre. Sufficient to produce on 
_ good soil over 20 tons per acre 
-of the best Kind of feed for 
stock. : 



Dear Mr. Shum- 
way: : 
I grew 24 tons 
per acre of your 
Blue Ribbon 
Stock Carrot 
- last year. Won- 
derful food for 
horses and all 
stock, 
R. B. Royer, 
Ft. Wayne, 
Indiana 
4 Ibs. of 
Be sure to plant a few acres 




















Leek 
471 Leek, Large 
Flag or American. 
This is a widely 
used species of the 
onion family and 
_~a favorite for 
green onions in 
fail and winter. 
The best variety 
for general use 
and widely grown 
for both home and 
market. The -fin- 
est early, strong 
growing type, pro- 
ducing Large, 
thick stems, 2 
inches wide by 10 
inches long, which 
blanch a beautiful 
white and are of 
a fine mild flavor. 
Ready in 85 days. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 
38 cts. 4% Ibs 
$1.25; 14 Ib., $2.40; 
Ib., $4.70; 2  Ibs., 
$9.25, postpaid. | 





an Acre finely eurled, double, early maturing and with fine 

| Good Seeds Cheap—Good as Can Be Grown-None Better at Any Price 23 

CARROTS SHUM WAY’S SUPERIOR 
STOCK VARIETIES 
1 Qz. Will Sow Row 100 Ft. Long. 4 Lbs. Per Acre 
313 Shumway’s Blue Ribbon Stock 
Wonderful Yielder—25 tons per acre not un- the best and most productive variety to grow, 
common. The value of a root crop such as Car- and is easily harvested. Color creamy white 
rots is appreciated and used extensively by color, with a greenish top or crown. The roots 
large stock raisers. Field Carrots are of high are smooth, 8 to 10 inches in length, about 3 
nutritive value; also a great tonic, keeping the inches broad at the shoulder, and gradually 
stock in good condition. Horses are especially tapering to the bottom. The flesh is crisp, sol- 
fond of them and in a good many stables, id, sweet, white and very nutritious. A splen- 
horses are fed carrots once a day. The wise did keeper and wonderful yielder, yielding in 
dairyman knows the value of carrots for cows, suitable ground from 20 to 25 tons per acre. 
as they will not only increase the flow of milk Equal in feed value of corn pound for pound. 
and improve the quality, but will give a rich, Greatest of all dairy feed. The more stock you 
golden color to the butter. Sow seed thinly in are raising, the larger your acreage should be. 
drills 3 feet apart using two pounds to the You will be delighted with the increased profit 
acre. To get the heaviest crops, fertilize well obtained by feeding stock carrots. Try it. PKt., 
with barnyard manure or commercial ferti- 7 cets.; 0z., 16 cts.; 14 lb., 39 cts.; 2 lb., 70 cts.; 
lizer. Shumway’s Blue Ribbon Stock Carrot is Ib., $1.25; 2 Ibs., $2.30, postpaid. 
White Belgian 
307 Improved Long White Bel- 
gian, A standard sort of fine 
quality. My strain of this va- 
riety forms its roots entirely 
under ground. The roots will 
average 2 inches in diameter 
at the shoulder and a foot or 
more in length. The diameter 
is almost even throughout the 
entire length, the roots taper- 
ing gradually toward the base. 
Flesh and skin pure white, 
tinged with green on the up- 
per portion. A good yielder 
of excellent quality. PEt, 5 
cts.; 0oz., 15 cts.; % lh.; 34 cts.; 
1% Ib., 58 cts.; Ib., $1.00; 2 lbs., 
$1.85, postpaid. 
2 Hardy 
Chives 62:7 
339 Chives, Allium Schoe- 
noprasum Perennial Onion. 
A hardy perennial onton- 
like plant. Highly esteemed 
for use with salad, and for 
their small leaves which are 
produced very early in the 
spring and are used for giv- 



























Carrot Long Orange 
306 Improved Long Orange. 
Equally geod for stock and table 
use. My stock of this extra long 
carrot is the strongest and purest 
strain of that well known carrot 
on the market. The roots are of 
large size, smooth, fine grained and 
in all respects superior. This beau- 
tiful carrot is always well formed. 
The color is deep orange, as indi- 
ing a mild onion flavor to =— cated by the name. Enormous erops 
ean be grown. under good culture. 
various dishes. Frequent cuttings may be made | 4 wonderful table variety and equal 
throughout the season, a new growth of leaves to any for stock feeding, but do not 
appearing soon after each cutting. Pkt., 10 cts.; | StOW as large as Shumway’s Blue 
oz., 38 cts.; % Ib., $1.25; Ye Ib, $2.40; Ib., $4.70, | ctr i, Ibe 40 ste? 14 ne To etan 
7 
postpaid. Ib., $1.30; 2 Ibs., $2.40, pdstpaid. 
Chervil Curled 
Plant | 337 Chervil Curled. Hardy annual aromatic leaves 
resembling Parsley but considered superior to it. 
Use the young leaves for flavoring soups and for 
Least garnishing meats and vegetables. My Chervil is} 





















































of fragrance and flavor. Sow very early in spring iny 30G 27\ For 
Blue good soil. Seed is very slow to start but plants are: \S Tabl 
Ribbon ready to use in 6 to 10 weeks from sowing. Thin Improved | able 
or transplant to a foot apart when 2 inches high. Long and 
This Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 14 Ib., 70 cts.; 4 Ib., = 
a Stock 
Year ' $1.30; Ib., $2.50, postpaid. Siearec ¥ i: 

Cress Upland 
’ $47 Cress Upland. Same flavor 
as Water Cress, grows on high, 




dry land. As easily grown=as 


spinach or lettuce. Hardy 


perennial that can be grown 


for several years without re- 
planting. Pkt., 10 ets.; oz., 25 
cts.; 14 Ib.. 75 ets., postpaid. 
Cress Water 
345 Cress Water. A hardy plant which 
will thrive well only when the roots are 
submerged in water. Can be easily 
grown in springs or along the edges of 
shallow running streams. One of the 
most delicious of all small salad plants. 
-Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 50 cts., postpaid. 












497 Martynia Proboscidea 
A very decorative plant which can be used in 
hardy flower borders. The succulent stems carry 
lilac-purple flowers which are followed later by 
large curved seed-pods. The pods should be gath- 
ered when young and pickled sweet like cucumbers. 
Seeds are sown early in the spring when danger of 
frost is past, thinning or transplanting to stand 3 
feet apart. Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 50 cts, postpaid. 
Cress Pepper Grass 
346 Cress or Pepper Grass Extra Curled. 
A salad plant that should be grown in 
= every garden. Grows very quickly and 
Peppergrass seed can be sown as early in the spring 
as the ground can be worked. For succession make repeated sow- 
ings every two weeks from early spring until early fall. These 
erisp pungent leayes are cut finely and used for garnishing or as 
a condiment. PKt., 10 cts.; oz., 17 cts.; % Ib., 45 cts., postpaid. 



