These are Nantes Carrots, Our Strong Top Strain, Often Called ‘’Coreless’’—We Believe It’s the Very Best Kind for Your Garden 
CARROTS for FARM and GARDEN 
Any good land, thoroughly worked, will produce a satisfactory crop 
of Carrots. Sow as early in spring as possible, though good crops may 
be grown from seed sown as late as the middle of June. For table use, 
sow smaller kinds early, in rows 16 inches apart; for field growing, in 
drills 18 to 24 inches apart. Cover one-half to one inch deep and press 
soil down firmly above the seed. Thin 2 to 6 inches apart, according 
to size of variety. When preparing Carrots for the table wash and scrape 
them, never peel; the best flavor and color are near the skin. 
One package of seed will sow 30 to 40 feet of row; 1 ounce, 300 feet; 
about 3 pounds, an acre. 
Chantenay, Long Type. Our strain of this long, smooth Carrot with 
bright orange skin, orange flesh and very little core, is particularly 
ood. We had it in 8 trials on upland and on the muck in New York 
tate this past season and it was Number 1 on the list in every single 
trial. This Carrot will make tonnage for it grows 7 to 8 inches long and 
214 to 2 inches in diameter at the shoulder. 
baskets on the merket or to canners. 
A good kind to sell in 
Pkg. 10c; \ oz. 20c; oz., 35c; YW Ib. 95c 
Chantenay Red-Cored. This is the 
best large coreless Carrot for both the home 
garden and for market and the strain we offer 
you here is absolutely tops for uniformity of 
shape and size, for smoothness, and for both 
exterior and interior color. The roots are about 
6 inches long and 2 inches thick at the shoul- 
ders, smooth, reddish orange, tapered and blunt 
ended. The bright, clear orange flesh is fine- 
grained, tender and sweet, with practically no 
core. Grown for sale at roadside stands, public 
markets and to canners who “‘dice’’ them. We 
are particularly proud of this strain of Red- 
Cored Chantenay. 
Pkg. 15c; Y oz. 25c; oz. 45c; Y% Ib. $1.25 
Nantes Improved (Coreless). one 
of the best and certainly the most popular 
long, slender-shaped Carrots for the garden. 
We believe this Strong Top Strain of ours to be 
unexcelled either for back-yard garden grow- 
ing or for market. Roots 7 to 8 inches long, 
smooth and blunt-pointed, just about cylin- 
drical in shape and bright orange in color. Flesh 
is bright orange and of the highest quality. 
This Carrot is often called ‘‘Coreless’’ Carrot. 
Small tops make it desirable for bunching. 
Commercial Carrot growers insist on a strong 
top strain of Carrot, so when they pull and 
bunch for market, the tops wont break away 
from the root. It’s a great asset to a Carrot 
in your home garden also. 
Pkg. 15c¢; Y% oz. 30c; oz. 55c; Yq Ib. $1.45 
Red-Cored Chante 
oe 
Imperator — Long 
Strain. Easily grown 
and yields exception- 
ally well. The very 
To help Carrots grow 
long, smooth and straight, 
make a cut spade depth 
on each side of the row 
2 inches from the roots. 
This foosens the soil, allows 
the root to grow down into 
the ground easily and 
makes a very smooth Car- 
rot. Thin your rows of 
Carrots when the roots are 
the size of a pencil. The 
small roots that you will 
pull out when thinning are 
very delicious. Don‘t peel, 
scrape them. You lose a 
lot of flayor when you peel 
a Carrot. 
The flavor is greatly im- 
proved in raw Carrots by 
cutting them in thin strips 
and putting the strips in 
the freezing compartment 
of the refrigerator for a 
long 8- to 9-inch day or two. 
roots, 114 in. across 
the shoulder and tapering to a blunt end, are smooth, 
have a rich orange-red skin and deep orange flesh. 
Popular with home gardeners, freezers and commer- 
Sweet, tender, fine grained 
flesh of rich flavor makes it an outstanding variety. 
Pkg. 15¢; YW oz. 25c; oz. 45c; 4 Ib. $1.25 
cial Carrot growers. 
Tendersweet. The roots are about 7 inches 
long, tapering from a shoulder to a rather 
blunt point, deep orange-red colored skin and 
fine grained orange flesh with practically no 
core. You may like Tendersweet better than 
the Carrot you have been growing, 
Pkg. 10¢; Yo oz. 20c; oz. 35c; 4 Ib. 95c 
Touchon. Similar to our Nantes but has 
greater length. It will grow 7 to 8 inches long 
and 1% inches through. The root is straight 
and cylindrical with a very fine tap root. Flesh 
deep orange with a very small core and of top 
quality. A splendid home and market garden 
variety. 
Pkg. 15c; Y% oz. 30c; oz. 55¢; 1% Ib. $1.45 
VICK’S FIRST FLORAL GUIDE WAS 
PUBLISHED IN 1862 
nay Carrots—We are very proud of our stock of this popular large Carrot. 
Long Imperator Carrot 
Chicory 
Large-Rooted or Long Madgeburg. Extra 
large, long roots. The young leaves make an 
excellent salad, Feed to poultry as a tonic and 
the dried roots may be used as a substitute 
& coffee. A package of seed will sow 25 feet 
of row. 
Pkg. 15¢; Y2 oz. 35c; oz. 60c; Y% Ib. $2.00 
Witloof or French Endive. Sow seed in 
spring in open ground, 2 inch deep, in rows 
18 inches apart, thin to 6 inches apart. Allow 
plants to grow until November. Take up roots 
and trim off leaves to about 1% inches from 
the neck. Plant roots in tenes 1 _ inches 
apart and cover with 8 inches of fine soil. 
Here they produce blanched leaves for winter 
salad and cooking as greens. A pkg. of seed will 
produce about 350 plants. 
Pkg. 15c; Ye oz. 45c; oz. 75c; Yq Ib. $2.25 
Asparagus or Celery. Also known as Italian 
Chicory, Radichetta (Catalogna), and Italian 
Dandelion. Rapid growing salad plant with dan- 
delion-like leaves often used for early greens. 
The leaves and flower shoots are very tender 
and have a faint Asparagus flavor and can be 
cut several times during the season. Very easily 
grown. A pkg. of seed will sow 35 ft. of row. 
Pkg. 15c; Y% oz. 45c; oz. 75c; Y% Ib. $2.25 
Cardoon 
Large Smooth. A perennial grown for the 
fleshy !eaf stalks or midribs which are cut in 
the fall_ and grow up again the following 
spring. Grows about 3 ft. tall and is often tied 
up to hurry blanching of the leaves. 
Pkg. 15c; YW oz. 35c; oz. 65¢ 
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