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There is a variety that has been on the market for several 

 years that, as it becomes better known, will take the place of 

 White Plume and Golden Self Blanching. This variety origi- 

 nated with a JNIr. Meish of New Jersey, and was first sold by 

 Berlieu, the French seedsman of Woodhaven, New York, as 

 "Meish's Green." Later it was offered by Francis Brill as 

 "Sanford." Then Henderson took it up and offered it under 

 the name of "Easy Blanching." Most seedsmen have it listed 

 now, each one calling it by a different name. 



This is a remarkable celery in many respects, — a strong, 

 vigorous grower, with a compact heart; it will bleach as quickly 

 as White Plume or Golden Self Blanching, is almost blight 

 proof, and the quality i,s superior to any other early variety. 

 Another desirable feature is the fact that it is a fairly good 

 winter variety, and if put away green will keep until spring; in 

 fact, one of our Philadelphia seedsmen offered it this year as a 

 new late keeping variety. There have always been two types 

 among this celery, at least ever since I have known it. The 

 one type has long stems and bleaches up white; the other type 

 has shorter stems and bleaches up with a yellow heart. Last 

 spring we received some seed from Farrel Brothers, Phila- 

 delphia market gardeners, who have been saving their own seed 

 of this variety for a number of years, and have been selecting 

 for seed purposes only those specimens which show a yellow heart. 

 As a result, they have to-day the best strain of this variety in the 

 market. There is one undesirable feature about this celery, — it 

 will very often get pithy when stored for winter, especially if 

 the weather is warm after trenching. We have found that if 

 trenched as late as possible in the fall it will seldom turn pithy. 



We have tried, at one time or another, practically all the 

 different varieties of celery that have been offered. Golden 

 Self Blanching is not adapted to our conditions; it will heart 

 rot in hot weather and get pithy when trenched. Columbia is a 

 celery of superior quality, but a poor keeper, and more liable to 

 rust than any variety I know of. Winter Queen is a good re- 

 liable celery, one of the best known late keeping varieties. The 

 only objection I have to it is that it does not have a full heart; 

 quality is fairly good. Winter King is probably a selection 

 from the Winter Queen. It bleaches out with a yellow heart, 



