. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. For the Farm and Garden. 79. CARROTS. No. 1.—Earliest Forcing. No. Horn. No. 3.—Early Half Liong Scarlet.
. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. For the Farm and Garden. 79. CARROTS. No. 1.—Earliest Forcing. No. Horn. No. 3.—Early Half Liong Scarlet. No. 4.—White Liarge Short Yosges. No. No. 6. No. r. No. 8. -liong Orange. -Altringham. Bliss's Improved Long Orange* Large White Belgian. CARROT. \I>ancus carota, Lin. Carotte. Fe. Moere, Ger.] CCXTUEE.—A light, deep, sandy loam, or peatr soil. Is most suitable, and, as barnyard mannre applied In a fresli state, often induces forked and ill-shaped roots, ground -svMcli. has been heavily manured the previous season should be selected. The soU should be trenched deeply, and ridged, as long before solving as possible, and, if manure is considered indispensable, let this be given after the crop is up, using guano or some good artificial manure. Sow some early sort as soon as the ground is in fair working condition, in drills twelve to fifteen inches apart, covering the seeds evenly to the depth of about half an inch. As soon as the plants are sufficiently strong, thin out the main crop, so as to leave about eight inches between each. If ty mail in quantities of 4 ounces and upvjards, postage must 6e added at the rate of 16c. per pound. liOng Orange.—Roots long, smooth, and deep or- ange color; suitable for the table and main field crop; it requires a good deep soU. Per pkt., 5 cents; oz., 10; h lb., 25: lb., 80. Bliss'S Improved liong Orange.—An improve- ment on the preceding variety, originating in Mas- sachusetts, and obtained by a careful selection for success
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