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Giant Pascal type; height about 24 inches; ex- 

 panded at base; ribs prominent; foliage deep green; 

 has numerous offshoots or suckers around base of 

 plant. A good keeper. 



Pink Phtmc. — Medium dwarf; has pink tinge on 

 outer side of stems, but this is partially lost in 

 blanching; has a rich flavor and good keeping 

 qualities, but is not a strong grower. 



Varieties for Home Use. — In the selection of the 

 varieties to be grown one must be guided by the 

 quantity desired and whether the crop is to be used 

 during the late summer and autumn or kept for 

 winter by storing. The principal early varieties are 

 White Plume and Golden Self-blanching. White 

 Plume will produce edible stalks at an earlier date, 

 but it is not so sturdy a grower or as well adapted 

 to autumn and early vv^inter use as the Golden Self- 

 blanching. There are a number of good varieties 

 for late winter use, among which may be mentioned. 

 Fin de Siecle, Schumacher, Giant Pascal, Evans' 

 Triumph, Winter Queen, and Pink Plume. These 

 varieties do not blanch as readily as White Plume 

 or Golden Self-blanching, but are better adapted to 

 long keeping, and when properly blanched are 

 superior in flavor. It is not practical to plant more 

 than two varieties for home use, and one of these 

 should be an early self-blanching and the other a 

 long keeping sort. Five hundred plants will be 

 sufficient for the use of the average family, and of 

 these 200 should be early and 300 late. There are 

 a number of varieties having a pink tinge of color 

 to their stems, and these are attractive, have a fine 



