ROSWELL SEED COMPANY 
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CARROTS 
Chantenay (72 days)—A good all purpose, heavy yielder with average shape and size. 
Chantenay Long Type (72 days)—-A dependable producer of the long coreless type. 
An excellent variety for bunching and shipping. 
Imperator (77 days)—Long cylindrical and well stump rooted. Due to its shape it 
is one of the most popular bunching varieties. 
Chantenay Red Cored (72 days)—Improved over the Chantenay in color, texture and 
flesh. Desirable for canning and shipping. Core is not distinct. — 
Nantes Half Long (70 days)—Flesh red, sweet and almost coreless. Roots 6-8 inches 
long. Cylindrical with blunt end. Packs well due to short top. 
Danver’s Half Long (75 days)—A good all purpose carrot. Roots are tender, 6-8 
inches long and tapered to blunt point. Bright orange in color. 
Oxheart or Guerande (72 days)—Roots are heart shaped and scarlet-orange. De- 
sirable for field culture on heavy soil. Good keeper and often used for stock feed. 
Yellow Belgian, stock (90-100 days)—-Exclusively used for live stock feed. Will grow 
12 inches long from crown to tip and 2 inches thick at shoulder. Skin pale yellow. 
Iixtremely large and productive. 
CELERY 
The Roswell District is noted for a superior quality celery. The production should 
not. be undertaken on-a large scale by someone who is not experienced. Seed should 
be sown in April and plants reset in July. Must be bleacher with boards, paper or 
earth. One ounce of seed will produce 10,000 plants. 
White Plume (120 days)—A first early. Solid and crisp. Foliage green tinted white 
but both foliage and stalks will blanch readily to snowy white. Plants medium in 
size. 
Utah or Golden Crisp (130 days)—One of the best for main crop. A green variety for 
fall use. Fine quality and flavor. Stems broad but thick and well rounded. 
Golden Phenomenal (83 days)—A tall, early self blanching variety. Has been depen- 
oaee in AS Pecos Valley for a number of years. Full hearted and compact with long 
edible stalks. 
Golden Plume or Wonderful (115-120 days)—Crisp with fine nutty flavor. Blanches 
readily. Apparently more disease resistant than other yellow celeries. 
Easy Blanching (125 days)—-A good keeper of the second early green variety. Erect, 
vigorous grower. Thick solid stalks of a rich nutty flavor. 
CUCUMBERS 
Don’t plant until warm weather. Plant again in July for late pickles. Plant in hills 
4 feet each way, one ounce seed to 50 hills. 
Straight-8 (66 days)—Straight, regularly 8 inches long and about 2 inches thick. Deep 
green and rounded at ends. No stripping or tipping. 
Improved Long Green (70 days)—A good seller. Our most popular slicing variety. 
Slender with tapering ends, 10-12 inches long. 
Davis Perfect (68 days)—Dark Green, 9-11 inches long, 2% inches thick. Smooth 
and tapered at both ends. Crisp and solid. 
Chicago Pickling (60 days)—One of the best for pickling. Medium green, 6% inches 
long, 2% inches thick. Very prolific, warted and ribbed at pickling size. 
White Spine (65 days)—Early, rather square ended and of the three cornered type. 
Desirable for pickling and slicing. 7 inches long, 2% inches thick. Keeps well. 
