Archive image from page 23 of Descriptive vegetable list (1946). Descriptive vegetable list . descriptiveveget1946ferr Year: 1946 20 FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. CARROT (Cont) White Belgian in Ground 90 days Long and pointed. When fully grown, about 12 inches long from crown to tip and 2 inches thick at shoulder. Used for stock. Late. Large Smooth CARDOON A perennial belonging to the same family as Globe Artichoke and grown for the fleshy leaf stalks or midribs. They are cut in fall and winter and grown again the followihg spring. The plant is about three feet high and grayish green. Frequently the l
Archive image from page 23 of Descriptive vegetable list (1946). Descriptive vegetable list . descriptiveveget1946ferr Year: 1946 20 FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. CARROT (Cont) White Belgian in Ground 90 days Long and pointed. When fully grown, about 12 inches long from crown to tip and 2 inches thick at shoulder. Used for stock. Late. Large Smooth CARDOON A perennial belonging to the same family as Globe Artichoke and grown for the fleshy leaf stalks or midribs. They are cut in fall and winter and grown again the followihg spring. The plant is about three feet high and grayish green. Frequently the leaves are tied to hasten blanching. Telegraph Code Word CARGI CARDN CAULIFLOWER plants are ready for the open field. Danish Giant, Dry Weather We have indicated the number of days commonly required to produce heads, from the date the young plants are set in the field. Usually it is 3i) to 35 days from the time seed is sown until the young Telegraph Code Word CAUDY 65 days. Dependable variety to plant at the same time as Early Snowball. One of the most dependable in adverse, dry weather. Plants dwarf, short stemmed; larger than Early Snowball. Heads large; 6—7 in. across commonly weigh 2 lbs.; white with tinge of cream; of splendid quahty. • Early Snowball 'A' 52 days. An extremely early maturing strain of the short-leaved type. Well adapted for greenhouse forcing or early market. Heads medium size, snow white, deep, smooth, and compact. Extra Early Dwarf Erfurt 60 dajs. Standard very early variety for home, market garden and shipping. Plants dwarf, short stemmed. Heads snow white; roundish, compact, commonly weigh about 2 lbs.; similar to Snowball, but usually a little later than our strain of that variety. • Snowball 'X' 60 days. SUghtly later maturing and with heavier foliage than Early Snowball 'A'. Produces large, solid, white heads of fine quahty. Recommended for use where weather conditions are unfavorable for growing the very early maturing strain. Snowdrift 60 day
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