CABBAGE FOR SLAW, 

CARROTS, RED CORED CHANTENAY 
CABBAGE—Continued 
INTERMEDIATE VARIETIES 
All Seasons. Medium season, good keeper, fine for kraut. Good 
cropper, 9 inch, 8 to 10 pound heads. 85 to 90 days. 
All Head Early. Medium early, heads medium flat, solid. Seven 
inches deep. Heavy yielder and withstands heat. 78 days. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c. 
Early Dwarf Flat Dutch. Good second early variety. Plants 
medium, very vigorous. Large, flat solid heads 6 inches deep, 
11 to 12 inches in diameter. 11 to 12 pounds. 90 days. 
Huth’s Volga. The quickest growing, large, round variety. 
Uniform in growth, head hard and solid. It is two or three 
weeks earlier than other large kinds. The plant is nearly all 
head, having a few outside leaves. The quality of this cabbage 
is very fine, both for cooking and for kraut. 
LATE VARIETIES 
Mature in 90 to 100 days. 
Danish Ball Head. With the exception of Hollander, this is 
the best late cabbage. The plants are medium sized with short 
stem. Heads large; flattened globe shape; become 8 to 9 inches 
across, 6 to 7 inchs deep, and weigh 7 to 9 pounds. Very firm 
and solid; of excellent quality; keep perfectly in storage until 
late spring. 
Late Flat Dutch. The best very large, late cabbage. Popular 
for home and market garden. A good keeper. Heads very 
large and flat, but deep; become 12 to 14 inches across, 7 inches 
deep, and weigh 12 to 14 pounds or more; firm and of good 
quality. Pkt. 10c. 
Mammoth Red Rock. A sure cropper and used very exten- 
sively for pickling. The solid heads are borne on medium- 
length stems and are red throughout. Perfectly round, solid 
as a rock, and quite large, often weighing 6 to 8 pounds each. 
The latest of the red cabbages. 
Savoy. Enjoys great popularity on account of its tasty flavor 
which is sweeter and more delicate than that of ordinary 
cabbage. The large round heads are somewhat flattened and 
very heavy. The deep green, crinkled outer leaves enclose the 
tender, light green heart. Matures late and keeps all winter. 
CHINESE CABBAGE 
Pe Tsai. Sure heading and early. Cylindrical, tapering heads 
with dark green outer leaves. Very compact, white tinted with 
green, 15 to 18 inches long. 75 days. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 50c. 
Stock Carrots 
Pht. 5e; 1 oz. 35c; 44 Ib. $1.00. 
White Belgian. A late variety, an excellent keeper and a very 
heavy yielder. Principally grown for stock feed. it will yield 
as much as 40 tons per acre. Roots are 7 o 8 inches long, 3 
inches across at the top, tapered and pointed. 
Orange Belgian. A very productive variety, with roots meas- 
uring 20 inches long. They are broad at the shoulder. and 
gradually taper to a fine point. The skin below the ground is 
a light orange, but above the soil surface it is green. Will yield 
heavily, particularly on good deep soil. 
KRAUT AND COOKING 
CARROTS 
14 oz, to 100 ft., 3 to 4 Ibs. per acre. 
Sow seed in light sandy soil, from Apri to Jury, in drills 1% — 
feet apart, covering the seed % inch deep Thin out the young — 
plants from: 3 to 5 inches apart. according to size of variety. 
Cultivate freely and do not allow the soil to get too dry dur:ng- “ 
hot weather. All varieties carrots: Fkt. 5e; 1 oz. 45c; %4 Ib. $1.35. 
Chantenay, New Coreless. Flesh is a deep golden orange color, 
always smooth and fine in texture, very tender. Excellent 
bunching variety and grown exclusively by market growers. 
Medium early. 
Danver’s Half Long. The roots are a rich dark orange color 
and by reason of its symmetrical shape which is long and 
pointed, it makes an excellent bunching variety. It has proved 
over a period of years to be the most popular carrot, both with 
the grower and the shipper. Mature in about 75 days. 
Tendersweet or Improved Imperator. This carrot grows to a 
length of 6 to 7 inches with a shoulder diameter of 14 to1% 
inches and is a deep orange color. It has a smooth crown; 
does not have undesirable side shoots; has a fine texture, and 
is good and sweet. In all respects it is very attractive for 
shipping purposes. 
Oxheart. Beautiful shape and color. The roots generally attain 
4 to 5 inches in length, and about 3 inches in diameter. Quality 
first rate, very tender, and a variety that is used in quantity. 
Mature in 75 days. sgh 
Long Orange. A heavy cropper on light soils; much grown for 
stock as well as for table use. Roots scarlet-orange: 19 to 12 
inches long, 2 inches thick at the top; tapered, pointed. Mature > 
in 85 days. 
CAULIFLOWER 
¥% oz. to 100 ft., 4 oz. per acre. 
The same methods that produce good cabbage will grow good 
cauliflower. The only great difference is that cauliflower heads 
must be protected from sunlight so as to make sure of the 
desirable white curd. Gather the tops of the leaves together 
loosely as soon as the heads begin to form. In shutting off the 
light. it is important not to cramp the heads. 
Early Snowball. (52 days.) The-best for greenhouse forcing, 
early market, and shipping. Plants very dwarf. Heads snow 
white, deep, smooth, compact; about 6 inches across, weight 
11% to 2 pounds. The standard of excellence in cauliflower. 
Ekt. 20c; % oz. $2.50. 
CELERY 
% oz. to 100 ft., 4 oz. per acre. 
Sow from February to May in drills 1 foot apart. Later, 
usually in June, transplant to rows 8 feet apart and 6 inches 
apart in row. Rows should be furrowed out so plants may be 
set 6 inches deep. Later, soil may be banked:against rows for 
blanching, even so-called self-blanching varieties need the cool, 
moist soil to render the stalks crisp and tender, but this should — : 
not be done until a few weeks before harvesting. One ounce 
of seed will produce 5000 plants. 
Giant Pascal. A very vigorous and an extremely productive 
variety, with short, broad, thick, tender and fleshy green ribs, 
which blanch very readily when earthed up. It keeps very well 
under cover during winter. Pkt. 5e; oz. 75e. 
Golden Self-Blanching. A very fine variety of French origin. 
Half dwarf, compact with well developed leaves. It needs very . 
little blanching to fit it for table. Fkt. 10c; oz. $1.00. 
White Plume. This variety is characterized by the silver white 
color, with which its leaves are partly tinged at first. It suffers 
easily from the coid and should be grown for autumn rather 
than for winter use. Fkt. 5¢; oz. 75e. 

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