. Wm. Eber & Son's catalogue of high class seeds, bulbs, garden implements, etc. Nursery stock Illinois Quincy Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. Carrots. Sow as early as the ground can be worked, or, for late crops, until latter part of July. For main crop sow from the middle of May to the first of July. Thin out early crop to five inches in the row, main crop six to seven inches, apart. Hoe often and deeply between rows. Soil light, sandy loam, richly manured and deeply dug. Sow a
. Wm. Eber & Son's catalogue of high class seeds, bulbs, garden implements, etc. Nursery stock Illinois Quincy Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. Carrots. Sow as early as the ground can be worked, or, for late crops, until latter part of July. For main crop sow from the middle of May to the first of July. Thin out early crop to five inches in the row, main crop six to seven inches, apart. Hoe often and deeply between rows. Soil light, sandy loam, richly manured and deeply dug. Sow at the rate of two pounds to the acre. Deep culture secures quick growth and clean root, while otherwise roots become wormy and ill-shaped. Guerande or OxheartâHalf long, °z, ^ib. stump rooted. Thick, short, bright orange color and of excellent flavor when young 10c 25c Early Scarlet HornâVery thick roots 10c 25c Half-Long PointedâA very popular strain; productive, early and valu- able standard sort ... 10c 25c ChanteneyâHalf long, stump root- ed; fine for garden and field. ... 10c 25c Half-Long, Stump Rooted,Nantes StrainâA popular market 10c 25c Half-Long DanversâThick, of good quality, exceedingly productive 10c 25c Long OrangeâFor late planting and best for stock 10c 25c (One ounce to one hundred feet of row.) Sow seeds in hot- bed, or in a box in the house, or in open ground as soon as can be worked. If seeds are sow?i in bed care should be taken to keep the surface moist so that the ground does not bake, other- wise the seed will not come up. When the plants are two to four inches high make trenches a foot deep and four to five feet apart. Enrich thoroughly the bottom of the trenches and trans- plant to six or eight inches in the rows, and as the plants grow haul fine earth up about them to blanch their stems. Care should be taken not to let the earth get into the heart of the plant. Never trench while wet from dew or other causes, otherw
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