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Dwarf Solid White 

 Celery. This variety, 

 besides being easily 

 blanched, has the further 

 advantage of not pro- 

 ducing suckers. The 

 stalks are extremely 

 broad, solid, and erect, 

 so that the plants may 

 be grown very close 

 together, thereby obtain- 

 ing from an equal area 

 as heavy a crop as that 

 produced by the larger 

 varieties. The stalks are 

 more largely developed 

 in proportion to the 

 dimensions of the leaves 

 in this variety than in 

 any other. 



Curled Solid White 

 Celery. A very distinct 

 variety, with numerous 

 large leaves. Leaflets 

 crisped and undulating, 



and a lighter green than those of any other variety. The stalks 



are fairly thick and perfectly solid, and the leaves, instead of 



being bitter, like those of 



other kinds, have a mild 



flavour and can be used 



in salads. This new 



variety was raised in the 



neighbourhood of Niort 



(Vendee), and began to 



be distributed about the 



year 1870. It is, perhaps, 



somewhat more sensitive 



to cold than the plain- 

 leaved kinds. 



White Plume Celery 



(Ce'leri Plein Blanc 



d'Amtrique}. A very 



distinct kind, introduced 



from the United States 



of North America in 1885. 



It is characterised by the Dwarf Solid White Large-ribbed Celery. 



White Solid Pascal Celery. 



