CARROT 
CuLtrurE.—Carrots do best in a deeply prepared and 
well-enriched sandy loam. Sow in drills about 18 inches 
apart and, when the plants have a good start, thin to from 
2 to 3 inches apart in the row for proper development. 
Chantenay Red-cored. 72 days. Popular for canners 
and market gardeners and one of the best for home- 
gardens. The flesh its reddish orange all the way 
through, tender and sweet. It grows 5 inches long 
and very thick. 
Danvers Half-Long Red-cored. 75 days. This old 
reliable variety has been much improved by the 
reddish core which makes it a deep orange color all 
through. Length 7 inches. 
Imperator. 77 days. For market-gardens and shipping. 
Medium tops for bunching, roots 8 inches long with 
sloping shoulders, uniformly tapered to semi-blunt 
ends. Skin and flesh of deep rich orange, indistinct 
core; fine grained, tender, of excellent quality. 
Improved Long Orange. 88 days. A well-known stand- 
ard sort. Roots are 11 inches long and thick near 
the crown, tapering to a point; color deep orange, 
suitable for the table and main field crop. It requires 
deep soil. 
Oxheart or Guerande. 72 days. Famous stump- 
rooted Carrot. Roots reach 3 inches across the 
shoulder, 2 inches at bottom and 4 inches Jong. Fine 
table quality. Highly colored skin and flesh, free 
from hard cores. Roots are short and easily pulled, 
so popular for heavier soils. 
A vegetable garden will give you a reason for exer- 
cising in the sunshine, but you’ll be so interested in 
your work that you'll forget how “good it is for you.” 
Lots of people say gardening beats golf as a reducer of 
the waistline. 
Celery, Fordhook (Emperor) 
CAULIFLOWER 
CuLturE.—For spring and summer crops, sow the 
early sorts in hotbed and transplant into open air as soon 
as the ground can be worked. For the late or autumn 
crop, sow the late kinds about the middle of spring, and 
transplant like winter cabbage. In dry weather water 
freely. After they begin to head, they should be watered 
every other day, and the leaves gathered and pinned 
over the heads to protect them from the sun and to keep 
them white. 
Dry Weather or Danish Giant. 67 days from plants. 
This variety is quite drought-resistant and_ will 
produce heads in dry weather where other varieties 
fail. It is several days later than Early Snowball 
and of larger growth. Heads are creamy white and 
of excellent quality. 
Early Snowball. 55 days from plants. Highly esteemed 
by market gardeners for its earliness and reliability 
as a sure header. It is about the earliest of all de- 
pendable varieties and its hardiness, sure heading 
and compact growth, added to the fact that it is 
pure white and of the finest quality, make it one of 
the best for shipping and general use. 
CELERY 
CULTURE.—Sow in open ground as soon as it is fit to 
work. Keep clean of weeds and transplant. The tops 
should be shorn off once or twice before transplanting, to 
insure stocky plants. When from 4 to 6 inches high, trans- 
plant into broad, shallow trenches, 3 feet apart and 6 
inches in the rows. The soil should be light, highly manured 
and the plants must be freely watered in dry weather. 
Earthing up should not be begun until the plants are quite 
well grown, then earth up gradually, keeping the leaves 
together, so that the soil may not fall into the center of 
the plant; never earth up In wet weather or when the dew 
is on the plants. 
Fordhook (Emperor). 130 days. Distinct variety of 
outstanding merit. It is of true dwarf type, much 
easier to blanch than the taller-growing sorts. The 
plants average 16 to 18 inches in height, and the 
blanched part is 6 to 9 inches long. The stalks are 
smooth and very thick, some measuring 4 inch 
through when cut. The color is white, the heart 
tinged with yellow. Unsurpassed in flavor, being 
decidedly nutty and crisp. ““The largest, most solid, 
and finest nut-flayored Celery grown.” 
Giant Pascal. 135 days. A good variety to grow for 
winter market as the large bunches of broad, smooth 
stalks keep well when put away for winter use. 
Plants are of a dwarf, compact habit, with thick, 
solid stalks of deep green color which blanch to a 
golden yellow, with an excellent nutty flavor. 
Golden Plume or Wonderful. 112 days. This is a won- 
derful Celery for it is a little earlier and produces a 
heavier growth than most of the large late varieties 
and is easily blamched to a golden yellow color. Thick 
ribbed. A splendid market-garden variety of excellent 
quality. 
Golden Self-blanching. 120 days. A most valuable 
variety which is somewhat of the character of the 
celebrated White Plume inasmuch as it does not 
require such high banking up as the ordinary sorts 
to be fit for the table. It needs simply a slight earth- 
ing up. Then it becomes a beautiful waxy golden 
color, very solid, and of a rich nutty flavor. 
TURNIP-ROOTED or CELERIAC 
Large Smooth Prague. 120 days. The edible portion is 
the large thick root, a turnip-like bulb forming under 
the ground, which ts boiled or used in soups. The 
above-ground portion is used for flavoring. Similar 
to Celery in flavor, and seed should be planted the 
same as Celery. 
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BRISTOL SEED CO. 
