. Annual circular and retail catalogue of warranted vegetable and flower seeds. Gardening United States Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds United States Catalogs; Fruit Seeds United States Catalogs. Danvers Carrot. In the town of Danvers, Mass., the raising of carrots on an extensive scale, has for years been quite a business—the farmers finding a large market in the neighboring cities of Salem, Lynn and Boston. After years of experimenting they settled upon a variety which originated among them (as did the Danvers Onion) known in their locality as the "'Danvers
. Annual circular and retail catalogue of warranted vegetable and flower seeds. Gardening United States Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds United States Catalogs; Fruit Seeds United States Catalogs. Danvers Carrot. In the town of Danvers, Mass., the raising of carrots on an extensive scale, has for years been quite a business—the farmers finding a large market in the neighboring cities of Salem, Lynn and Boston. After years of experimenting they settled upon a variety which originated among them (as did the Danvers Onion) known in their locality as the "'Danvers ; It is in form about midway between the Long Orange and Short Horn class, growing very generally with a stump root. The great problem in carrot growing is to get the greatest bulk with the smallest length of root, and this is what the Danvers growers have attained in their carrot Under their cultivation (see my treatise on Car- rots and Mangolds) they raise from twenty to thirty tons to the acre, and at times even larger crops. This carrot is of a rich dark orange in color, very smooth and handsome, and from its length, is easier to dig than the Long Orange. It is a first class carrot for any soil. The seed I offer is from carefully selected stock. Peroz., 20 cts ; per lb , SI HABBY EXD&E, OR PRESCQTT MELON. Probably not one person in a hundred seeing the Hardy Pudge when growing would take it for a melon. Nevertheless it is a mel- on, and one of the very best quality, too. A very popular variety in the markets of London and Paris, the wonder is it has not be- fore this been introduced into the United States. It is prolific, grows to a very large size, is of splendid quality,—being equal to the best cantaloupes, while it is by far the thickest mealed of all melons, being in fact, very nearly solid and having but very few seed. Price, 15 cents per package ; per oz , 40 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been di
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