. Beckert's garden field and flower seeds. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs. Improved Long Orange. CARROTS. {mf)un.) Carrots succeed best on heavy loam, which, preferably, should have been well fertilized the previous year, as fresh manure often causes the roots to grow pronged and misshapen. Sow the seed as early in the spring as the ground can be prepared, finning the soil down over them. If sown late they should be soaked in tepid water, then mixed with plaster or sifted c
. Beckert's garden field and flower seeds. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs. Improved Long Orange. CARROTS. {mf)un.) Carrots succeed best on heavy loam, which, preferably, should have been well fertilized the previous year, as fresh manure often causes the roots to grow pronged and misshapen. Sow the seed as early in the spring as the ground can be prepared, finning the soil down over them. If sown late they should be soaked in tepid water, then mixed with plaster or sifted coal ashes and sown upon freshly prepared soil. Quick germination and rapid growth are necessary. An ounce of seed will sow 100 feet of "drill ; 4 pounds will s/nv an acre. Valery Intermediate NEARLY SCARLET HORN. For early outdoor crop. Roots are about 3 inches long, and of very good a*iality. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., %lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. t/HALF-LONG POINTED. The roots are intermediate in size between Early Horn and Long Orange; smootb/'oright orange ; well flavored. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Mlb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. (/HALF-LONG STUMP-ROOT ED. Much like the above, except that the roots have the stump form. Pkt. 5^ts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. LNEW YORK MARKET. Early. A heavy cropper; symmetrical shape, small core, crisp, tender and vpfy sweet ; one of the best. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb. 30 cts., lb. 90 cts. l/CHANTENAY. Handsome roots, broad-shouldered, smooth and more uniform than the DanVers. Of superior flavor. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., %lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. —**-JAMES' INTERMEDIATE. One of the best. The roots are large, fine, of good quality, and deep orange:red. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., %lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. v IMPROVED LONG ORANGE. Extensively grown ; hardly equal to Danvers in quality, but good and heavy in yield. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. KKcts., %lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. y^ANVERS HALF-LONG. Enormously productive ; adapted to all soils. T
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