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A. CURRIE & Co. 



Flower Seeds 



Golden Self- Blanching Celery 



Celery is a crop that requires a very long season. If an 

 early crop is to be grown from seeds, the latter must be 

 started indoors in boxes about the last of February, the plants 

 being set in the ground, six inches apart, in May. The crop 

 should be ready in August. Celery for winter may be grown 

 from seeds started in the open ground in late April, but it 

 is advisable to have a seed bed and to transplant the seedlings 

 to the open field when large enough. It is well to cut off 

 the lower half of the roots at transplanting time, and firming 

 the soil around the plants is very important. 



About the middle of August the banking of the early crop can be 

 begun. Earth may be drawn up around the plants or a twelve'foot board 

 may be set on edge each side of the row. The boards should inchne 

 toward each other so that they will . be only three inches at the top. 

 Cleats or hooks will hold them in place. From 10 to 20 days will be 

 needed to blanch the celery. When there are only a few plants they 

 may be wrapped with paper or tiles set over them. 



Celery for winter needs less earthing up, as it will blanch after being 

 stored. Before freezing weather comes the plants should be lifted and 

 the outside leaves removed. Then they should be stored in a cool cellar 

 or in a vegetable pit outdoors, being set closely together on the floor. 

 The plants will keep well into the winter if simply set in trenches in the 

 garden, being covered with boards over which hay, straw, leaves or 

 manure is thrown. 



CELERY 



One ounce will furnish 5,000 to 10,000 plants. 



GOLDEN PLUME, OR WONDERFUI^-It is similar to Golden Self Blanch- 

 ing, but matures earlier, is larger and more blight, and blanches in 

 half the time. It possesses all the excellent quahties of that well known 

 celery, and we believe it is the most profitable sort to grow. Pkt., 20c; 

 1/4 oz., 65c; oz., ^2.00; V4 lb., ^6.00; 1 lb., ^20.00. 



EASY-BLANCHING (Originator's Extra Selected Stock) — The plants make 

 a rapid growth of thick, very tender stalks of excellent quality, and while 

 it bleaches very early, it is unsurpassed for winter storage. Pkt., 10c; 

 oz., 80c; 1/4 lb., ^2.40; 1 lb., ^8.00. 



Columbia — Early, with thick round stalks of a rich yellow color, unsurpassed 

 in quahty. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; 1/4 lb., ^1.40; 1 lb., ^5.00. 



GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING (Paris Golden)— Originators Extra Selected. 

 The earliest and best of the self 'blanching sorts. The plants are of 

 dwarf compact habit, with thick, sohd stalks of a waxyyellow color. 

 Pkt., 10c; oz., ^1.00; V4 lb., ^3.25; 1 lb., ^12.00. 



WHITE PLUME (Extra Selected) — A favorite early self 'blanching variety. 

 It requires very little earthing up. Stalks crisp and sweet. Pkt., 10c; 

 oz., 35c; 1/4 lb., ^1.00; 1 lb., ^3.00. 



WINTER QUEEN — A compact variety with large, broad, creamy white 

 6talks, crisp and tender. Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; 1/4 lb., ^1.00; 1 lb., ^3.00. 



Winter Queen Celery 



