. 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. In the town of Danvers, Mass., the raising of carrots on an extensive scale has for years been quite a busi- ness—the farmers finding a large market in the neigh- boring 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
. 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. In the town of Danvers, Mass., the raising of carrots on an extensive scale has for years been quite a busi- ness—the farmers finding a large market in the neigh- boring 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 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 at- tained in their carrot, Under their "cultivation (see my treatise on Carrots and Mangolds) they raise from twenty to thirty tons to the acre, and at times even larger crops. This e irrot 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 ; Per package, 0 cts; peroz., 15 cts. ; per lb., by mail, $1 50 ; by express, This new melon is early, of large size and fine quality ; nnd thin ; flesh, of a bright red color ; very delicate and sweet. Samples have been grown weighing over seventy pounds. It took the first premium at the annual exhibition M the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1877 and 1878, speci- mens being shown weighing sixty-five pounds. Per package, 10 ; per oz., 25 cts.; per lb., by mail, $; by exp., $ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original James J. H. Gre
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