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similar to the Dwarf White, but rather more robust. 

 The leaves are a darker green, the stalks when blanched 

 are nearly white. It is an excellent variety, solid, crisp 

 and tender. 



Giant White Solid, The best of the large growing 

 sorts, attaining a height, under good cultivation, of three 



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feet. It should never be planted closer than four feet 

 between the rows, or it cannot be properly worked. For 

 southern sections of the country this variety is more 

 suitable than the dwarf sorts, as it grows freer in a hot 

 and dry atmosphere. 



Henderson's Rose. The superiority in flavor, as a 

 rule, of the red or rose Celeries over the white sorts, 

 is much better understood in England (where the 

 majority of Celery grown is red), than with us. For 

 some unexplained reason, the red Celeries have not sold 



