CARROTS 
1% oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 lbs. per acre 
Sow from April to July. Prefer a light, 
sandy soil. 
Chantenay, Oregon (Long Type). Flesh is 
a deep golden orange color, always 
smooth and fine in texture, very tender. 
Excellent bunching variety and pre- 
ferred by market growers. Medium 
early. 72 days. 
Chantenay, Red Core. A fine carrot. 
Flesh tender and sweet, reddish orange 
in color with the core indistinct and of 
about the same color as the surrounding 
flesh. Suitable for canning and table use. 
72 days. 
Danvers Half Long. Red core. The roots 
are arich dark orange and because of its 
symmetrical shape—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. 
Improved Imperator. This carrot grows 
to a length of 7-8 inches with a shoulder 
diameter of 1% to 1% inches, making a 
smooth crown. Does not have undesir- 
able side shoots; have a fine texture, and 
is good and sweet. Deep orange. In all 
respects it is very attractive for shipping 
purposes. 77 days. 
Nantes Coreless. Excellent for forcing, 
as well as for home and market garden 
use. Tops very small. Roots bright 
orange, cylindrical, blunt tipped. Flesh 
reddish orange, crisp, tender and of very 
delicate flavor. Practically coreless. 68 
days. 
Stock Carrots 
Orange Belgian. A very productive va- 
riety, with roots measuring 20 inches 
long. They are broad at the shouder, 
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. 
White Belgian. A late variety, an excel- 
lent keeper and very productive. Princi- 
pally grown as stock feed, since it will 
yield as much as 40 tons per acre. Roots 
are 7 to 8 inches long, 3 inches across at 
the top, tapered and pointed. 
CAULIFLOWER 
1% oz. to 100 ft., 4 oz. per acre 
Treat the same as cabbage but gather 
the tops of the leaves together loosely 
as soon as the heads begin to form. 
Early Snowball. (52 days.) The best for 
greenhouse forcing, early market, and 
shipping. Plants very dwarf. Heads 
snow white, deep, smooth and compact; 
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CAULIFLOWER, EARLY SNOWBALL 
about 6 inches across, weighing about 1% 
to 2 pounds. The standard of excellence 
in cauliflower. (Fz.) 
Ideal (All America Winner). A new va- 
riety of excellent quality and taste; easily 
grown, frost and heat resistant, and of 
high yield. Even in poor soil and under 
raw, changing weather conditions it has 
come through with good results when 
other varieties have failed. Sow in June 
or July, crop in autumn. 
St. Valentine. Standard market variety 
for March shipment. Plants large. 
Heads large, solid, white, and very well 
protected. 
CELERY 
% oz. to 100 ft., 4 oz. per acre 
Sow from February to May, trans- 
planting in June to rows 3 feet apart. 
One ounce of seed will produce 5000 
plants. 
Golden Utah. A light yellow-green se- 
lection of the original ‘‘Utah.’” Has su- 
perb quality and size of original, plus 
easier bleaching quality. 
Utah Jumbo. A remarkable late celery 
of the finest quality. Plant study, com- 
pact and solid. Very free from strings. 
Light green in color; nutty flavor. 

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CHICORY 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 4 to 5 Ibs. per acre 
Sow chicory when weather becomes 
warm and settled. Sow in rows at least 24 
inches apart and thin to 3 inches be- 
tween plants. 
Witloof or French Endive. Seed sown 
in spring produces long, thick roots by 
November. To force for use, dig roots in 
fall and trim the leaves off an inch 
above the crown. Trench in a warm, dark 
place, covered with 6 or 8 inches of soil 
and a top layer of fresh manure. A 
handsome, compact cluster of blanched 
leaves resembling Endive is the result. 
They are tender and have a rich, mildly 
acrid flavor. 
Large-rooted Magdeburg. Roots 12 to 
14 inches long, 2 inches in diameter at 
top; tapered. The dried roots are often 
roasted and mixed with ground coffee. 

CORN 
CORN, 
MARCROSS 
Sweet corn, 8 oz. to 100 ft., 10 to 14 Ibs. 
per acre 
Plant in rich, warm soil, in hills, 2 to 3 
feet apart, in rows 3 feet apart for early 
kinds and 4 feet apart for the late sorts. 
Make first sowing about the middle of 
May and continue fortnightly up to 
about the middle of July. Corn should be 
planted in blocks of at least 4 rows. 
Hybrid 
Listed in order of ripening 
Spancross. (73 days.) Very early. Well 
filled 6-inch ears of a medium yellow. 
Good quality. Plants grow 4 to 5 ft. tall. 
Mareross. (76 days.) Stalks short but 
sturdy, highly resistant to bacterial wilt. 
Ears long, plump, abruptly tapered at 
tips; 10-14 rowed, with light cream-yellow 
kernels. Good flavor and quality. Early. 
Plants 4% to 5 ft. high. 
Golden Cross Bantam. (88 days.) Very 
uniform in habit of growth, size, and 
maturity. The ears measure 8 inches 
long and they are closely set with 14 
rows of light yellow grains filled with 
delicious sweet pulp. Bears two ears per 
plant. (z..) 

(80 to 86 days.) 
Silver Cross Bantam. 
This is sweet corn that has all the ten- 
derness, succulence, and real corn fla- 
vor of the best yellow corn. Yet it’s 
white! It was derived from Golden 
Cross Bantam, which it resembles in 
many respects. But the stalks are taller 
and the ears are longer and larger. But, 
above all, you like its flavor. First choice 
for quality canning and freezing! (Fz.) 
Open Pollinated, Yellow 
Golden Bantam. 8-row. (79 days.) Slen- 
der ears 5% to 6% inches long have 8 
rows of even golden kernels of good 
flavor. Very sweet. Popular with the 
home gardener and for commercial pur- 
poses (Fz.) 
Golden Bantam Improved. (81 days.) A 
selection from the original strain of 
Golden Bantam. Larger ears, more rows 
of kernels, greater production. Golden 
yellow, deep, wide, tender kernels with 
a fine sweet flavor. Particularly desir- 
able for canners and market gardeners. 
Remains in table condition a long time. 
Golden Early Market. (77 days.) One of 
the best extra early yellow varieties for 
home and market garden. Ears have 
strong husks and 8 to 12 beautiful tender 
rows to each ear. Kernels golden yellow, 
medium, sweet and of good flavor. 

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