10 F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 

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CARROTS 
Fresh and Sweet the Year Around! 
This most nutritious crop holds a place of 
importance year after year in the family 
garden. Recent years have seen a decided 
improvement in texture, in flavor, and in 
Na- 
tional recognition of health values in carrots 
tenderness of the leading varieties. 
—especially vitamin A—have caused a 
wider use of this vegetable, notably the 
bright colored varieties. Lago Brands of 
carrots are ‘California Sunshine’’ produced 
on our selected acreages. We endorse their 
productiveness, flavor and high quality. Be- 
cause of the tendency to slow germination, 
press the soil firmly after covering to depth 
of 1 inch and thin as the plants mature, to 
3 inches apart. Successive crops may be 
planted from February to August and later. 
RED CORED CHANTENAY 
Scientists are firm in their statement that 
the brighter the color the more vitamin A in 
carrots. Lago Red Cored Chantenay is our 
own selected strain, rich, orange-red to the 
center, small cored, meaty, and of unsur- 
passed sweetness. We nomiante this vari- 
ety for your Victory Garden, assuring you it 
will produce a table delicacy that you will 
prize highly and enjoy daily. One packet 
will plant a row 15 feet, matures in 70 days. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, % lb. $1.00, 1 Ib. $3.50. 
NANTES IMPROVED CORELESS 
A true improved coreless carrot. An out- 
standing garden variety, deep orange in 
color, very tender and of fine flavor. It is 
cylindrical in shape and strongly stump 
ended. Pkt. 10c, oz. 35c, % lb. $1.50, 1 Ib. 
$5.00. 
DANVERS HALF LONG 
This is a widely known late carrot, 2¥2 to 
3 inches in width at top and tapering to a 
blunt end. Bright orange in color, rich in 
flavor, with fine keeping qualities, it has a 
place in the well planned garden. Matures 
in 70 days. Pkt. 10c, 1 oz. 35c, 4% Ib. $1.50, 
1 lb. $5.00. 
IMPERATOR 
About 8 inches long at maturity with 
strong tops making a fine bunching carrot. 
The root is deep orange in color, and of fine 
grain and sweetness. A very prolific variety, 
77 days to maturity. Pkt. 10c, oz. 35c, /% lb. 
$1.25, 1 lb. $4.00. 
OXHEART or GUERANDE 
Matures in 75 days. This is a choice mid- 
season carrot. At maturity the roots are 
stocky and heart shaped, fully 3% inches 
across and 5 to 6 inches long. This variety 
does well on heavy soils where it is prefer- 
able as a planting variety to the long-rooted 
varieties. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, %4 lb. $1.00, 
1 Ib. $3.59. 

Carrot, Red Cored Chantenay 
Carrot Varieties for 
STOCK FEED 
LONG ORANGE IMPROVED 
A favorite with California stockmen, this 
slender and pointed variety does well on a 
variety of soils. Orange in color, highly 
relished by stock. 85 days. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, 
Yq lb. $1.00, 1 lb. $3.50. 
LONG WHITE BELGIAN 
Matures in 95 days. A large white fleshed 
carrot with the habit of growing partly 
above ground with a greenish shoulder. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, ¥% Ib. $1.00, 1 Ib. $3.50. 
CELERY ROOT 
Also called Celeriac or Turnip- 
Rooted Celery 
The edible portion of this crop is the root, 
which has a tasty celery flavor. Handle in 
the field as you would celery. Ready to har- 
vest when roots are 2 inches in diameter. 
GIANT SMOOTH PRAGUE 
The roots are smooth surfaced and have 
a delicious nutty, celery flavor. Serve fresh 
in salads or boil as turnips. The tops are 
fine in soups. Pkt. 10c, oz. 75c, % lb. $3.00. 
Right, Utah Celery 


CELERY 
Crisp and Tender 
from Your Garden 
Any rich open garden soil will produce a 
crop of celery. A little extra care on the part 
of any Victory-minded gardener will repay 
inverich tender stalks 
throughout the late fall and winter season. p 

crisp 
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many fold + 
Celery seed requires 2 to 3 weeks to ger- 
minate but needs constant and abundant ba 
moisture. Cover the seeds to only Y% inch in 
flats or beds, thin to 3 inches when seedlings . 
have their first leaves, and when the plants — 
are 2'¥%2 months old, transplant to field 
trenches 8 ot 10 inches apart and 6 inches _ 
deep. Blanching is done by hilling up with i 
4 
soil, tying with burlap or heavy paper, or 
with boards. 
LAGO SPECIAL UTAH CELERY — 
(Golden Crisp) 
To the crispness of this variety fresh from BY 
the garden, may be attributed its growing __ 
popularity. The stalks have thicker flesh 
than other varieties, and are broad and dark 
green in color. Early on the market and qa 
good shipper. Pkt. 10c, oz. $1.00, %4 Ib. 4 
$3.00. : 
GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING 
This variety has a nut-like flavor, sweet 
and tender, and a rich golden yellow color. 
The stalks are heavy and broad and close 
fitting. An ideal main season crop maturing 
in 90 days. Pkt. 10c, oz. $1.00, %4 Ib. $3.00. 
GOLDEN PLUME or WONDERFUL 
One of the oldest celery varieties and still 
a favorite. Stockv—9 to 10 inch stalks which > 
produce exceptional weight. Is both drought 
and blight resistant. Pkt. 10c, oz. $1.00, 
Y lb. $3.00. Ie i 
