DESSERT SEED CO. ___ 


EL CENTRO, CALIF. 
CARROT, Bunching Varieties, Continued 
Days to 
Maturity 
from Seed 
Tendersweet: Similar to Imperator in most ways, but more useful for 
home gardening, very sweet but rather brittle, leaf stems tinged 
with purple. 75 
Streamliner: A high quality bunching type, very clean growing. Root 
8 to 81 inches long, 1% inches at shoulder, gently tapering to a 
semi-blunt tip, deep orange color, practically coreless. Heb 
Main Crop Varieties 
Chantenay: Well known as an Early Market Carrot, and in general 
use everywhere—half-long stump-ended, 51! to 6 inches long by 
2 to 2% inches broad at the shoulder, tapering a little to the base, 
deep orange color flesh with lighter orange core. 70-74 
Chantenay Red-Cored: More refined than regular Chantenay and not 
quite so large a root. The core is almost as deep a color as the 
flesh. Quality is excellent. Popular for canning and freezing. 12 
Chantenay Long Type: A longer form of red-cored Chantenay, about 
7 inches long, width at shoulder about 2 inches. Very good qual- 
ity and suitable for bunching. 72-74 
Danver’s Half-Long: A leading main crop variety. Suitable for all pur- 
poses, market, home garden, and storage. About 7 inches long, 
width at shoulder 1% to 2 inches, tapering a little to a semi-blunt 
end. Medium orange color. 15 
Danver’s Hutchinson: Rather larger and heavier yielder than regular 
Danvers. Root about 10 inches long, with 2-inch shoulder, almost 
cylindrical, has fairly definite stump end. Color good, medium 
orange with greenish tinge on shoulder. 80 
Supreme Half-Long: A high quality form of Danvers with a red core. 
Color is true deep orange throughout. Flesh is tender and sweet. 
Root is about 7 inches long with a 1% to 2-inch shoulder tapering 
to a semi-blunt end. Excellent for bunching. 75 
Luc Half-Long: This variety, of French origin, is best described as a 
deep orange red Danvers, very attractive appearance for market 
or shipping. Roots about 7 inches long by 2 inches at shoulder 
tapering to a semi-blunt end. 79 
Guerande or Oxheart: A very distinct variety. Useful for home gar- 
den especially when in its younger stages. Oxheart in shape, deep 
blunt ended. 2% to 3 inches wide at crown and about 5 inches long 
when fully developed. When full grown is also used for stock feed. 
Color medium orange. 80 
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