20 R. H. Shumway—"The Pioneer American Seedsman"'-—Established 1870 
Shumway’s Crisp Delicious Table Carrots 
Most Healthful Vegetable in Cultivation 
Recommended by the highest Medical authorities for infants as well as 
grown folks. Carrots should be in every garden this spring in sufficient 
quantity to give you fresh Carrots all summer and besides plenty to store 
for next winter’s consumption. ALL POSTPAID. 
























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You Pay Less here and Get More Value in Carrots than anywhere on 
earth. HOW DO WE DO IT, YOU ASK? Here’s how—I have special- 
ized on breeding Table Carrots for many years. My strains are Pure 
and True. They always produce uniform, smooth roots, free from 
fibrous growth of the most delicious texture and flavor. 
302 Early Conleneees days 
Positively free of heart or core. This early strain, ready for use in 65 days, is highly 
recommended for both the home and market garden. It has an exceptionally beauti- 
ful appearance and is of unsurpassed quality. Its shape is cylindrical, stump-rooted 
and about 6 inches long. The flesh, which is a red orange and coreless, is unusually 
sweet, melting, tender and smooth. Excellent for forcing. Pkt., 15 cts.; 0z., 40 cts.; 
4 Ib., $1.10; % Ib., $2.00; lb., $3.75, postpaid. 
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Grow Early Chantenay Shumway’s Perfection - 
More Seer, The WORLD'S FINEST ‘ 
Carrots Early — Coreless — Tender— for Home Gardens 3 
Sweet. 70 days. For the mar- 
ket gardener who caters to the 
fancy trade, and for all who 
want the best in Carrots, this 
super strain of Chantenay pro- 
duces very smooth roots of 
even shape and size, free from 
eyes and side roots. The color 
is a rich orange and the sugar 
content very high. In quality 
and tenderness nothing more 
could be desired. Short tops, 
not brittle, but strong enough 
to bunch easily. The Carrots 
are 5% to 6 inches long, 
evenly stump rooted. Pkt., 10 
cts.; oz., 32 cts.; 14 Ib., $1.005 
1% Ib., $1.75; Ib., $3.25, postpaid. 
and Market 
Sweet-Crisp-Tender and Pro- 
lific. Matures in 75 days. 
Very handsome _ smooth 
straight roots of rich orange- ~ ae 
red color. When matured, roots are 1% inches thick at shoulder — 
tapering to a rather pointed tip, 8 to 10 inches long. Just right 
for Bunching. Tops deep green color, making handsome con- 
trast fo roots when bunched for market. Pkt., 15 cts.; 0z., 40 
cts.; 14 Ib., $1.10; 1% Ib., $2.00; lb., $3.75, postpaid. ?: 
305 Early Scarlet Horn 
Small, Stump-Rooted, Tender and Sweet; Orange-Scarlet 
(55 days.) This carrot is an old favorite with many market gar- 
deners in this country and abroad. The roots are 3 to 3144 in. long | 
and measure 1%4 to 1% in. thick at the shoulder, They are de- — 
cidedly stump-rooted. Of-a bright orange-scarlet color. Sweet, © 
tasty and tender. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 35 cts.; 44 Ib., $1.10; 4% Ib. 
$1.85; lb., $3.50, postpaid. _ 


Culture. Although 
the seeds are slow 
to germinate, there 
is no vegetable of 
easier culture. 
Plant the seed % 
inch deep in loose, 























deep, well-prepared 
soil, making rows 16 to 
24 inches apart. Culti- 
vate as soon as plants 
are established and 
thin to 2 to 4 inches in tHe 
rows, according to the size 
of the variety. One ounce 
will sow 100 feet of row; 3 
to 4 pounds, an acre. 











































314 Shumway’s American Beauty 
Big Money Maker for Home and Market ; 
Enormous Yielder—Excellent Quality—Absolutely Stringless 
Ready for use in 60 days. It is a half-long stump-rooted variety. The root 
is smooth, uniform and handsome, entirely free from core, with sweet and ten- 
der flesh. It never becomes stringy nor shows rings; producing its crop of 
desirable size and shape. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 32 cts.; 4 lb., $1.00; % Ib., Sleds 
Ib., $3.25, postpaid. : 
303 Half-Long Danvers—75 days 
Shumway’s Supreme Strain 
Most popular variety in America. For many 
years I have been selecting and perfecting this 
strain until today I feel that my stock on this . 
outstanding American variety excels in quality, yield, and 
earliness. The roots are 614 to 714 inches long, about 2 
inches thick at the crown, tapering to about 34 inch thick 
at tip of root. Flesh is deep, bright, rich orange color, 
tender, sweet and crisp. When bunched makes a most at- 
tractive Carrot, always selling at top market prices. 
Pkt., 10c.; 0z., 35 cts.; %4 Ib. $1.10; % lb., $1.85; Ib., 
$3.50, postpaid. 
308 Shumway’s Early Market 
Favorite Carrot with Gardeners 
Throughout the Nation 
Attractive rich orange red. Absolutely string- 
less. Roots measure 514 inches long, 2 inches 
thick at shoulder, tapering to one inch 
at the stump root. Very productive, beautiful 
green foliage, superb quality. Makes a most 
attractive bunch Carrot for home and market. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 32 cts.; %4 Ib., $1.00; 1% Ib., 
$1.75; lb., $3.25, postpaid. 


309 Imperator or 
Tendersweet 
SWEET AS SUGAR—HARDY 
Big Yielder, Ready for 
Market in 70 Days 
A splendid new variety somewhat 
longer than Danvers Half-Long, 
and more stump-rooted than most 
earrots of that length. Its round- 
shouldered roots are 7 to 8 inches 
long. The skin and flesh are a 
deep orange color, even through 
the small, indistinct core. Its uni- 
form tops are of nice bunching 
size. Ready in 70 days. Wonder- 
ful yielder. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 35 
cts.; %4 Ib., $1.10; % Ib., $1.85; 
Ib., $3.50, postpaid. ~ 
301 Oxheart or Guerande 
(65 days.) The roots are 51% to 
6 in. long, measuring at the top 
314 to 4 in. and at the base 2 to 
2% in, They are stump-rooted 
and because of the shape, the 
Oxheart is very easily harvested. 
Flavor is delicious and flesh is 
tender, sweet and fine grained. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 35 cts.; 4 Ib., 
$1.10; 4 Ib., $1.85; Ib., $3.50, 
postpaid. 
311 Morse’s Bunching 
Ideal for Bunching 
Ready for table in 55 days. The 
roots are smooth, uniform and hand- 
some, entirely free from core with 
sweet and tender flesh. Never be- 
J comes stringy nor shows rings. Pro- 
duces a crop of the best and most 
desirable size and shape carrots for 
early bunching. Pkt., 10 cts; oz., 
35 cts; % Ib., $1.10; % Ib., $1.85; 
Ib., $3.50, postpaid. 


























































































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312 Nantes Stump Rooted ,°. 
The medium-sized roots are a beautiful, bright 
searlet color, perfectly cylindrical in form. The 
flesh is orange and tender all the way through. 
It is very early, ready to pull in 65 days. Very 
popular as a bunch carrot, has small tops. Ex- 
cellent for the market. or home garden. Pkt., 
10 cts.; 0z., 35 cts; %4 Ib., $1.10; % Ib., $1.85; 
Ib., $3.50, postpaid. 
















