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CARROTS 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. 
Culture: April is the time to sow for early use. Sow 
seeds in drills 12 to 15 inches apart, covering seed about 
% inch. For general crop sow in May and June. 
CHANTENAY HALF-LONG SCARLET or MODEL. 70 
days. Roots about 5 to 6 inches in length, 2 to 
2% inches thick at the crown, smooth and taper- 
ing. Small top set in a slight depression. Color 
deep orange red. A fine medium early, half- 
long, stump-rooted. 
Pkt. 10c; 2 oz. 20c; oz. 35c; 4 Ib. $1.20; Ib. $4.25. 
RED-CORED CHANTENAY. 70 days. This is a dis- 
tinct improvement over the well known Chan- 
tenay. Roots 5% to 6 inches long, 2% inches 
thick at the shoulder, tapered, stump-rooted; 
flesh and core reddish orange. 
Pkt. 10¢; 1/2 oz. 20c; oz. 35c; 4 Ib. $1.20; Ib. $4.25. 
DANVERS HALF-LONG. (Selected.) 75 days. For 
a general crop Danvers Half-Long Carrot 
stands supreme; a half-long orange Carrot. The 
tops are of medium size. The mature roots are 
6 to 8 inches long. 
Pkt. 10c; 2 oz. 20c; oz. 35c; 4 Ib. $1.20; Ib. $4.25. 
IMPERATOR (Bunching Carrot). An unusually fine 
variety high quality roots, rich orange, very 
little core, and of fine sweet flavor. 
Pkt. 10c; 1/2 oz. 20c; oz. 35c¢; 4 Ib. $1.20; Ib. $4.25. 
OX-HEART or GUERANDE. 70 days to produce 
roots of good table size. Roots scarlet-orange; 
broad, blunt, heart-shaped; become 4% to 5 
inches long. 
Pkt. 10c; 1/2 oz. 20c; oz. 35c; '/4 Ib. $1.20; Ib. $4.25. 
ST. VALERY. 85 days. The roots are very deep 
orange, long and comparatively thick, often 12 
inches in length and 3 inches in diameter at the 
crown, tapering regularly to a point. 
Pkt. 10c; 2 0z. 20c; oz. 35c; 4 Ib. $1.20; Ib. $4.25. 
CARDOON 
CARDOON. Long, smooth stalks, requires blanch- 
ing. Raised like celery. Tender roots used as 
a winter vegetable. 
Pkt. 10c. 

Chantenay Half Long 
ST. LOUIS SEED COMPANY, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 

St. L. S. Co.’s Super Snowball 
CAULIFLOWER 
One ounce of seed will produce from 3,000 to 4,000 , 
plants. 
Culture: For Spring and early summer crop, sow in Feb- 
ruary or early in March in hotbed. Seed should be ‘thor- 
oughly pressed into the ground after sowing. This instires 
quick germination. Cover seed with % inch of fine Soil. 
Transplant to cold frame when sufficiently large to handle. 
As soon as danger of hard freezing is over set in open 
ground in rows 2% to 3 feet apart and 18 inches apart 
in row. 
ST. L. S$. CO.'S SUPER SNOWBALL. 65 days. This 
Snowball is healthier and more vigorous than 
any of the old stocks. The head is perfectly ‘pro- 
tected by leaves until it reaches a size of five 
inches in diameter, when it needs to be tied up; 
and then, if growing conditions be favorable, the 
head will attain marketable size in a few days. 
Pkt. 15c; 4 oz. $1.25; oz. $4.00. 
CELERY 
One ounce will produce about 3,000 plants. 
Culture: The proper time to sow is early in April, trans- 
planting about the first of June. Set in rows 3 feet apart, 
and about 8 inches between plants in the row. 
GIANT PASCAL. One of the old standard green 
varieties, exceptionally fine flavored and brittle. 
Our strain is comparatively free from soft 
stalks. 
Pkt. 15¢; 2 oz. 55c; oz. $1.00; 4 Ib. $3.25. 
GOLDEN PLUME. This strain of Celery closely 
resembles the old Golden Self-Blanching in 
crispness and flavor, but is distinctly larger and 
ranker in growth, more plainly ribbed, blanches 
more quickly, matures earlier. 
Pkt. 15¢; 2 oz. 55¢; oz. $1.00; 4 Ib. $3.25. 
WHITE PLUME. The plants are of vigorous growth. 
They blanch easily and quickly. 
‘Pkt. 15¢; Y2 oz. 55c¢; oz. $1.00; V4 Ib. $3.25. 
TURNIP-ROOTED CELERY 
GIANT PRAGUE. An improved variety of turnip- 
rooted celery producing large tubers of nearly 
globular shape and comparatively smooth sur- 
face. 
Pkt. 15c; Y2 oz. 55c¢; oz. $1.00; 4 Ib. $3.25. 
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