CABBAGE 
Yellows Resistant Varieties (Continued) 
_ Wisconsin Red Hollander — Smaller, darker red 
. heads than Mammoth Rock Red, round and solid. 
- 100 days. 
CARROTS 
CULTURE: A rich, sandy loam is best for good car- 
rot production, especially for the deep-rooted va- 
rieties which are hard to grow well in heavy clay 
_ soil. Sow as early in the Spring as the ground is fit 
_ to work, in rows 18 inches apart, and thin later to 
_ 4inches apart in the row. Should be well cultivated. 
_ May be sown successively for home garden, or in 
_ August for Fall use. 
| VARIETIES:— 
_ Chantenay, Coreless—or Red Cored—Excellent can- 
. ning and freezing variety, and popular with market 
gardeners. Roots are 5% inches long, thick, and 
stump -rooted. Color is bright reddish - orange 
RCREROUS: Flesh is of fine quality and crisp. 170 
_ days. 
_ Chantenay, Long Type — A useful bunching, ship- 
ping, and canning variety which is longer and more 
tapered than regular Chantenay. Roots are 7 inches 
long, about 2% thick at shoulder, stump-rooted, red- 
| dish-orange throughout, good quality. 70 days. 
Danvers Half Long (Red Cored) — Leading home 
‘ and market garden variety. Tops about 18 inches 
' tall. Roots 7 inches long by 134 inches wide at 
' shoulder, tapering to a blunt point. Color is me- 
dium-orange with red core. Quality is good. 75 days. 
' Imperator — Excellent shipping type, 16 inch tops. 
- Roots are 8 inches long by 2 inches wide at top, 
- smooth, tapering to a blunt tip. Flesh is rich orange 
‘| throughout, fine grained and of good quality. 178 
_ days. 
+ Imperator, Long Type — A longer, slimmer strain of 
‘Imperator with quality roots up to 10 inches long 
' by 1% inches wide. 80 days. 
_ Improved Long Orange — Used mostly for stock 
_ feed. Yields heavily and stores well. Roots are 12 
| inches long by 3 inches wide at top, tapering to a 
point. Deep orange color. Eating quality is in- 
ferior; flesh is coarse. 85 days. 
_ Nantes Scarlet Coreless — Good home and market 
_ garden .variety, with short tops and good quality 
_ roots, 6 inches long and 1% inches wide, reddish- 
orange throughout. Tops 7 inches tall. 70 days. 
Oxheart — Has 18 inch tops, and broad heart- 
shaped roots about 4 inches long by 2% inches wide. 
Color is medium orange. Quality is fair. Variety 
_ will produce well in heavy soils where long varieties 
are not adapted. 75 days. 
| Streamliner — Quality shipping variety with roots 
8 inches long by 14% inches wide, tapering smoothly 
to pointed tip. Color is deep orange throughout. 
Quality of flesh is fine. 75 days. 
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