. Currie Bros. : fifty-eighth year 1933. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. CULTURE—For the successful cultivation of this root the soil should be hght (sandy loam is best, enriched the previous year with manure) and deeply tilled. For an early crop the seed should own as early as the ground can be properly worked. For later crops it may be sown any tunc until about the middle of June. Be careful to compress the soil over the seed after sowin
. Currie Bros. : fifty-eighth year 1933. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. CULTURE—For the successful cultivation of this root the soil should be hght (sandy loam is best, enriched the previous year with manure) and deeply tilled. For an early crop the seed should own as early as the ground can be properly worked. For later crops it may be sown any tunc until about the middle of June. Be careful to compress the soil over the seed after sowing, bow in lows about 15 inches apart, or for field culture lYi to 2 feet apart, covering the seed about one half to one inch deep Keep down weeds Thin out young plants as soon as they can be handled, leaving them about 4 inches apart 1 oz. 100 _ teet ot drill, i to 4 lbs per acre in drills OX IIEA-^T. CURRIE'S IMPROVED MILWAUKEE 1» MARKET ~ In shape, color and general appearance this sort is an improvement on the well-known Danvers It is broad at the neck and Kradually nariows down to a blunt, pointer base In coloi, it is an atti active bright orange. The fle>5h is tendei and sweet through out, and is entirely fiee from core It is one of the heaviest croppers and its handsome appearance makes it an excellent bunching Cairot for marltet Pkt., 10c; 1 oz., 20c; 1/4 lb, 75c; 1 lb., $ CHANTENAY IMPROVED The market gardenei's and trucker's Eavoiite It i-> an early, very productive halflong stump-rooted va- riety, smooth-skinned, fine in appeal ince md entirely coreless. The shoulder is, iinusualU thick and the root tapers slightly down towards the blunt point so that it is pulled very easily The color is a rich 01- ange and the texture and quality are unsurpassed For table use many regard this variety—because of its form, color, texture and delicate flavor—the finest of all sorts and it Is undoubtedly the best bunching Carrot for early market use Pkt 05c; 1 oz., 15c
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