CARROTS, continued 
@ CHANTENAY 
(Days to Maturity, 70) 
Usss: Early market variety. Also used for 
winter storage and home gardens. 
Roots: 5 to 51% inches long, slightly tapered, 
deep orange. 
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Carrots, 
Chantenay 
@ CHANTENAY RED-CORED 
(Days to Maturity, 70) 
Uses: Desirable for shippers and _ canners. 
Adapted to freezing. 
Roots: Similar in size to Chantenay. 
@ LONG ORANGE (Improved) 
(Days to Maturity, 86) 
Usrs: Used for market gardens. 
Roots: Long, tapered, deep orange. Excellent 
quality. 
Sweet Corn 
CULTURE: Well-drained, deeply cultivated and 
well-fertilized soil is best. Do not plant until danger 
of frost is past. Late crops should not be planted 
until the ground is quite warm. Sweet corn is 
more sensitive to cold than field corn. Hills for 
early varieties should be planted 3 feet apart each 
way; for late varieties 3 to 4 feet apart each way. 
Plant 4 to 6 kernels to each hill and thin to 3 or 4 
plants to a hill when plant reaches a height of 6 
inches. Sow 14 pound for 100 feet; 15 pounds per 
acre. When planting in rows, space rows 3 to 4 feet 
apart and plant seed 1 to 114 inches apart in the row. 
Hybrid corn varieties are planted and cultivated the 
same as ordinary corn except that less seed is used 
per acre. Most growers use approximately 8 pounds 
per acre. Do not save your own seed from hybrids. 
Hybrid seed must be produced by crossing each 
year. Results are unsatisfactory unless this is done. 
@ EXTRA EARLY ADAMS 
(Days to Maturity, 78) 
Usss: Market gardens. Hardy table variety. 
STaLK: 4 to 41% feet tall. Always grows close 
to ground. 
Ears: 51% to 6 inches, 12- rowed. 
KERNEL: White. 
e IDEAL EARLY ADAMS 
(Days to Maturity, 75) 
UsEs: Hardy table variety. Most resistant 
to cold, damp weather. Used in home 
and market gardens. 
5 to 61% feet tall, more vigorous than 
Extra Early Adams. 
Ears: 7 to 8 inches long, 12- to 14-rowed. 
KERNEL: White. 
STALK: 
@ COUNTRY GENTLEMAN 
(Shoe Peg) 
(Days to Maturity, 90) 
UsEs: Widely used for home and market 
gardens. An _ outstanding canning 
and freezing variety. 
61% to 74 feet tall, vigorous. 
Ears: 8 to 81% inches long, 2 ears per stalk. 
STALK: 
KERNEL: Deep, slender, shoe-peg type, white. 
Corn, Country Gentleman 
Richmond, Virginia 
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