Descriptions of types of principal American varieties of orange-fleshed carrots.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Magruder, Roy, 1900- author.

Series:

Miscellaneous publication (United States. Department of Agriculture) ; no. 361.

Miscellaneous publication / United States Department of Agriculture ; no. 361

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carrots--Varieties--United States.

Carrots.

Carrots--Varieties.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (48 pages, 22 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : United States Department of Agriculture , 1940.

Summary:

This publication is the fifth of a series dealing with descriptions of types of the principal varieties of vegetables in the United States. It is published in response to the needs of seedsmen, produce merchants, vegetable canners, and growers for an adequate, accurate, and generally accepted description of varietal characteristics.

Contents:

Introduction. pp. 1

Object of the results of type studies. pp. 1.

Supplemental varietal descriptions contemplated

Method of procedure. pp. 2.

Important considerations in comparing carrot varieties or strains with type descriptions or standards

Influence of environment on plant and varietal characteristics. pp. 4.

Developmental history of shape and color of carrot roots. pp. 7.

Distinguishing varietal characteristics. pp. 8.

Literature cited. pp. 46.

Index to varietal names. pp. 47.

Notes:

Publication pre-dates Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) item numbers. No FDLP item number has been assigned.

"By Roy Magruder [and eight others]"--Page 1.

Contribution from Bureau of Plant Industry.

Prepared jointly by specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture, Cornell University, and the experiment stations of California, Louisiana, Minnesota, Texas, and Virginia.

Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2016.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title screen (USDA, viewed on Feb. 23, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Descriptions of types of principal American varieties of orange-fleshed carrots

OCLC:

953977508

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