. 1902 year book : everything for the farm and garden. Nursery stock Massachusetts Worcester Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. Early Scarlet Horn. A popular early variety, grown only for table use. The roots are about three inches long and one-half inch in diameter at top, tapering slightly and terminating abruptly like the larger stump- rooted varieties. They make an attractive bunch, are of excellent quality and have small tops. Pkt. 5c. oz. 10c, 2 oz. 15c, ^ lb. 25c, lb. 90c. Chantenay. This is an excellent
. 1902 year book : everything for the farm and garden. Nursery stock Massachusetts Worcester Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. Early Scarlet Horn. A popular early variety, grown only for table use. The roots are about three inches long and one-half inch in diameter at top, tapering slightly and terminating abruptly like the larger stump- rooted varieties. They make an attractive bunch, are of excellent quality and have small tops. Pkt. 5c. oz. 10c, 2 oz. 15c, ^ lb. 25c, lb. 90c. Chantenay. This is an excellent variety for bunching. The roots are five inches long, three inches in diameter at the top, tapering gradually, but uniformly stump-rooted. The Earlv Horn flesh is tender and crisp, color deep orange. y ' The tops are of medium size, and necks small. Pkt. 5c, oz. ioc, 2oz. 15c, 14; lb. 25c, lb. 90c. Oxheart, or Guerande. Roots very thick, often over five inches in diam- eter at shoulder, tapering to not less than two inches at the stump-root, and about five or six inches in height. The flesh is very fine grained, free from core, tender and sweet. Color, bright orange. An excellent variety for either table use or for stock, and especially suited for hard, stiff soil, where longer growing varieties seldom thrive. Pkt. 5c, oz. ioc. 2 oz. 15c, ^ lb. 25c, lb. 85c. Danvers. This for a long time has been, and is yet, the most popular variety. It is used for bunching for market early in the season, and later for packing in boxes or crates. It is also extensively grown for stock. While the yield per acre would probably not be as large as from the Rubicon or Long Orange, it, like the first, succeeds better on shallow soils and on stiff, hard ones, than the Long Orange; is much easier harvested than the latter, and of much better form and more at- tractive in appearance than the former. This latter feature, of course, makes it more desirable for market, although of no more value for feed-
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