. A. W. Livingston's Sons seed annual : "true ;. Seeds Catalogs; Seed industry and trade Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Vegetables Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Fruit Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Flowers Ohio Columbus Catalogs. THE CARROT, like othor root crops, fiourishes best in a well euricheil sandy soil, deeply tilled, and it jjIowimI the fall before all the better. Should bo sown in early spring m drills from 15 to to ]H inches apart, finally tliinnintr ])lants to about three or fonr inches apart in the drill: keep clean by frequent hoeing and weeding. If neglected the young plants are easi
. A. W. Livingston's Sons seed annual : "true ;. Seeds Catalogs; Seed industry and trade Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Vegetables Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Fruit Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Flowers Ohio Columbus Catalogs. THE CARROT, like othor root crops, fiourishes best in a well euricheil sandy soil, deeply tilled, and it jjIowimI the fall before all the better. Should bo sown in early spring m drills from 15 to to ]H inches apart, finally tliinnintr ])lants to about three or fonr inches apart in the drill: keep clean by frequent hoeing and weeding. If neglected the young plants are easily smothered, and your crop is lost. The seed is slow to germinate, and if sown early or on moist soil half an incli is deep enough to cover the seed. One ounce sows 150 feet of row. Four pounds will sow an acre. VERY EARLY SCARLET OR GOLDEN BALL-( .\lso called Eakliest Short Horn)—This is the earliest Carrot in cultivation, and is almost exclusively for forcing. Small tops and tap root, round as a turnip; small size: very rich orange color. I'kt., .")C., oz., lOc; 34lb.,;?Oc.; lb.,. EARLY SCARLET SHORT HORN—Stump-rooted; second in size: one of the most pop\ilar for forcing and early outside sowing. Flesh deep orange, fine grained: agreeable flavor; toj) small. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; }^Ib.,30c., lb.,90c. NANTES EARLY LONC SCARLET—Improved stump-rooted. Horn, large, sweet, fine flavored, almost without a core: very fine grained ; excellent for home garden and market. I'kt.,.5c.; oz., 10c.; Jilb., ; lb., 90c. CHANTENAY—\ stump-rooted variety somewhat resembling the well- known Nantes Carrot, but having a larger shoulder, and much more produc- tive, rkt., 5e.; oz., lOe.; i^lb., 25c.; lb., 90c. INTERMEDIATE RED—An excellent new English sort. It is smooth and nearly the Danvers in size; flesh very close in texture, and without core; a fine eroppi-r. rkt.,oc.; oz., lOc: 34lb.,: lb., 90c. OXHEART, OR CUERANDE—Intermediate in length: fully
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