. Dreer's 1907 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. f-HmRTADREER -PHUADELPHIAfA 1^BrR&UABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS- Olfl 17 CARROT. Mohre, Ger. Carolte, Fr Oue ounce will sow 100 feet of drill CULTURE. Carrots, to grow in perfection, require a rich, deep, early crop sow in May and June in drills about 1 foot apart, thinning July. The large late varieties for field culture should be sown in drills 3 to 3£ feet apart, so as to cultivate by hoise. An impor- tant point i
. Dreer's 1907 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. f-HmRTADREER -PHUADELPHIAfA 1^BrR&UABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS- Olfl 17 CARROT. Mohre, Ger. Carolte, Fr Oue ounce will sow 100 feet of drill CULTURE. Carrots, to grow in perfection, require a rich, deep, early crop sow in May and June in drills about 1 foot apart, thinning July. The large late varieties for field culture should be sown in drills 3 to 3£ feet apart, so as to cultivate by hoise. An impor- tant point in sowing Carrots, as in all other seeds, is to tread the row firmly after sowing. Varieties marked "*" are the best varieties for stock feeding. Dreer's Perfect Forcing Carrot. (See cut.) A fine haif- long variety, beautiful bright scarlet, transparent, crisp and al- most without a core. Remarkably small top and can be planted very close in frame. It also does well grown in the open /ground. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 , \ lb., 50 cts. \/ Earliest Short Horn ( French Forcing). This variety is small, reddish-orange, of globular shape and excellent flavor. /Pkt., 5 cis.; oz., 15 cts.; \ lb., 35 cts.; lb., $ V Early Scarlet Horn. A favorite early red summer variety. ' Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; \ lb., 30 CIS.; lb., 90 cts. Early Half-Long Scarlet. A desirable point-root sort, pro- ductive and early, coming in between Scarlr-t Horn and Long /Orange. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; \ lb., 30 cts.; lb., 90 cts. V*Danvers' Half-Long Orange. A rich orange-red variety, very smooth and handsome, producing very large crops. An excellent market variety. Tops are of medium size and coarsely divided. The roots taper to a blunt point; flesh sweet, crisp and tender. Although the roots of this variety grow shorter, it produces more bulk to the acre than the larger field varieties. Pkts., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 85 cts. Improved Rubicon. (See cut.) This beautiful
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