R. H. Shumway—“The Pioneer American Seedsman”—Rockford, Illinois 
Shumway’s Crisp Delicious Table Carrots 
Most Healthful Vegetable in Cultivation 
Recommended by the highest Medical authorities for infants as well as 
crown folks. Carrots should be in every garden this spring in sufficient 
quantity to give you fresh Carrots all summer and besides plenty to store 
for next winter’s OP ee ALL POSTPAID. 
Yi Pay Less hete and Get More Value in Carrots than ran on 
earth. HOW DO WE DOIT, YOU ASK? Here’s how—I have special- 
ized on breeding Table Carrots for many years. My strains are Pure 
and True. They always produce uniform, smooth roots, free from 
fibrous growth of the most delicious texture and flavor. 
"302 Early Gitcléss or Nantes 65 days 
Positively free of heart or core. This early strain, ready for use in 65 days, is highly 
recommended for both the home and market garden. It has an exceptionally beauti- 
ful appearance and is of unsurpassed quality. Its shape is cylindrical, stump-rooted 
and about 6 inches long. The flesh, which is a red orange and coreless, is unusually 
sweet, melting, tender and smooth. Excellent for foreing. Pkt., 15 cts.; 0z., 50 cts.; 
\Y, Ib., 95 cts; Y% 1b., $1.65; 1b., $2.95, postpaid. 
304 
Early Chantenay 
Extra Select 
Super Strain 
310 
Shumway’s Perfection 
The WORLD’S FINEST 
for Home Gardens 
and Market 
Sweet-Crisp-Tender and Pro- 
lific. Matures in 75 days. 
Very handsome _ smooth 
straight roots of rich orange- is 
red color. When matured, roots are 114 inches thick at shoulder 
tapering to a rather pointed tip, 8 to 10 inches long. Just right 
for Bunching. Tops deep green color, making handsome con- 
trast to roots when bunched for market. Pkt., 15 cts.; 02., 50 cts.; 
Y, Ib., 95 cts.; ¥ Ib., $1.65; 1b., $2.95, postpaid. ~ ; 
Grow 
More 
Carrots 
Culture. Although 
the seeds are slow 
to germinate, there 
is no vegetable of 
easier CU twin es 
Plant the seed % 
inch deep in loose, 
deep, well-prepared 
soil, making rows 16 to 
24 inches. apart. Culti- 
vate as soon as plants 
Early — Coreless — Vender— { 
Sweet. 70 days. For the mar- 
ket gardener who caters to the 
fancy trade, and for all who 
want the best in Carrots, this 
super strain of Chantenay pro- 
duces very smooth roots of 
even shape and size, free from 
eyes and side roots. The color 
is a rich orange and the sugar 
eontent very high. In quality 
and tenderness nothing more 
could be desired. Short tops, 
not brittle, but strong enough 
to bunch easily. The Carrots 
are’ 51% to 6 inches long, 
evenly stump rooted. Pkt., 15 
cts.; 0z., 50 cts.; %4 Ib., 95 cts.; 
¥% Ihb., $1.65; 1b., $2.95, postpaid. 
are established and _ 
thin to 2 to 4 inches in the 
rows, according to the size 
of the variety. One ounce 
will sow 100 feet of row; 3 
to 4 pounds, an acre. 
. Special Offers Postpaid 4 
\ 3 Best Table Carrots Po 2G 
For Summer and Winter Use i 
Shumway’s American Beauty een: 
Extra Early Coreless 3 
Early a 
305—1 pkt. each, value 45 seats Only.. 
314 Shumway’s American Beauty 
Big Money Maker for Home and Market 
Enormous Yielder—Excellent Quality—Absolutely Stringless 
Ready for use in 60 days. It is a half-long stump-rooted variety. The root 
is smooth, uniform and handsome, entirely free from core, with sweet and ten- - 
der flesh. It never becomes stringy nor shows rings; producing its crop of e 
desirable size and shape, Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; 4% Ib., 95 cts.; Y% Ib., $1.65; 309 Eeatae or 
lb., $2.95, postpaid. i t 
Tendersweet | 
SWEET AS SUGAR—HARDY 
Big Yielder, Ready fo 
Market in 70 Days 
A splendid new variety somewhat 
longer than Danvers Half-Long, 
303 Half-Long Danvers—75 days 
Shumway’s Supreme Strain 
Most popular variety in America. For many 
years I have been selecting and perfeeting this 
strain until today I feel that my stock on this and more stump-rooted than most ¥& es se ein a 
outstanding American variety excels in quality, yield, and. | C@trots of that length. Its round: — Te dersu - 
e shouldered roots are 7 to 8 inches — 
earliness. The roots are 644 to 7% inches long, about 2 lone The skin and flesh are a 
inches thick at the crown, tapering to about 34 inch thick deep orange color, even through — 
at tip of root. Flesh is deep, bright, rich orange color, the small, indistinet core. Its uni- 
tender, sweet and crisp. When bunched makes a most at- form rom are Fis Sunehiag 
a ; s J $1Ze. eady 1n ays. onaer- 
tractive Carrot, always selling at top market prices. ful yieldor Pkt, d5 eta Ga. ibe 
Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; 14 Ib., 95 cts.; Y% lb., $1.65; Ib., cts.; 4 Ib., 95 cts.; 1% Ib. $1.65; 
$2.95, postpaid. Ib., $2.95, postpaid. 
301 Oxheart or Guerande 311 Morse’s Renee 
An Excellent Sort For Shallow Soils 
(65 days.) The roots are 5% to 6 in. long, 
measuring at the top 34% to 4 in. and at 
the base 2 to 2% in. They are stump- 
rooted and because of the shape, the Ox- 
heart is very easily harvested. Flavor is 
delicious and flesh is of a deep red color, 
tender, sweet and fine grained. Pkt. 15 
Cts. 5 OZ., (D0) Cts teelbe Ob cts itor l Des 
$1.65; 1b., $2.95, postpaid, 
311 Morse’s Bunching 
Ideal for Bunching 
Ready for table in 65 days. The roots are 
smooth, uniform and handsome, entirely free 
from core with sweet and tender flesh. Never 
becomes stringy nor shows rings. Produces a 
crop of the best and most desirable size and 
shape carrots for early bunching. Roots al- 
most cylindrical, 8 inches long. Tops are short 
and strong. They are recommended for un- 
surpassed quality, texture and flavor. Pkt., 
15 cts.; 0z., 50 cts.; 14 Ib., 95 cts.; 1/4 Ib., $1.65; 
lb., $2.95, postpaid. 
