Hastings' Seeds : fall 1912 catalogue . rmediate SSg* °vTrgy smooth and finely formed. Produces more weightto the acre than any other half-long variety. Pkt.,10 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.; \i lb., 50 cts.; pound, $ Culture Chantenay Red St. Valery ImnrnvPrl I t\W\a Oranoo Old, well known variety. Roots long and of a deepwwcii kVllg Vldllgc rich orange Cclor. A very heavy cropper, so heavy Infact that it is profitable to grow for stock feed, although in quality it is a table carrot. Packet, 10cents; ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 65 cents; pound, $ Oxheart or Guerande This fine variety is the be
Hastings' Seeds : fall 1912 catalogue . rmediate SSg* °vTrgy smooth and finely formed. Produces more weightto the acre than any other half-long variety. Pkt.,10 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.; \i lb., 50 cts.; pound, $ Culture Chantenay Red St. Valery ImnrnvPrl I t\W\a Oranoo Old, well known variety. Roots long and of a deepwwcii kVllg Vldllgc rich orange Cclor. A very heavy cropper, so heavy Infact that it is profitable to grow for stock feed, although in quality it is a table carrot. Packet, 10cents; ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 65 cents; pound, $ Oxheart or Guerande This fine variety is the best of the shortened, thick-form-ed carrots. Roots are 4 inches wide at top and taper to a 2inch diam. ter at bottom. Length from 5 to 6 inches. Roots are very free from hard core and ofthe finest quality for table use. Both skin and flesh are highly colored. Being very short they areeasily pulled from the ground, where the long sorts often have to be dug in heavy soil. Packet, 10cents; ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 50 cents; pound, $ Large White Belgian Carrot—For Stock Feed Only Oxheart Carrot The value of root crops tor stock Is just beginning to be appreciated In the South. One of themost valuable is the Belgian Carrot, an immense cropper, having produced as high as 20 tons ofroots per acre. In the central South they are easily kept for feed all through the winter, while inthe lower South they can be left in the ground all winter and pulled as needed. The use of car-rots in connection with dry feed helps keep the animals in good condition, and in milk or dairycat; le the flow ot milk is largely increased. One thing must be remembered when large crops arewanted and that is that the crop must be fed by manure or commercial fertilizers in in drills 3 feet apart, using 4 pounds of seed per acre. When well up thin out the plants to 6inches apart. They should be grown on land that has been previously cultivated and workeddeej ly. Give thorough cultivation throu
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