The great bugbear in the cultivation of Celery, by those engaged 

 in growing it for market, has been the labor entailed in the "banking" 

 to whiten or blanch it ; and with the unskilled amateur growing a few 

 hundred for private use, the troublesome process of "banking" has 

 usually been a detriment sufficient to prevent him from trying. Now 

 he can grow this new sort just as simply as any other vegetable. In 

 the first week of October of 1882, the Cilery banks in Hudson County, 

 New Jersey, must have cost at least $15,000 in labor to erect ; but a 

 rain storm of twenty-four hours' duration washed the banks down 

 and destroyed the work of weeks. Had this new Celery been under 

 process of blanching, no high banks would have been needed, and the 

 storm would have been nearly harmless, as the " wash " would have 

 done but a trifling injury. In sizeand weight it is very similar to those 

 popular kinds, the ' Golden Dwarf" and " Henderson's Half Dwarf ;" 

 i; ((act, it originated in what is known as a "sport" from " Hender- 

 son's Half Dwarf ;" that is, a single plant showed the whiteness of 

 stem and peculiar feathery leaves, which, fortunately, were perma- 

 nently reproduced from seed, and gave us this entirely new type of 

 Celery. Its culture is in all respects the same as that directed for the 

 other sorts, with the exception that we are saved the trouble of high 

 "banking " or earthing up. 



Last season a few thousand bunches were sold for the first time in 

 the Xew York markets, and were quickly disposed of at nearly double 

 the price of the ordinary sorts of the same size. It was purchased 

 exclusively by the purveyors of the leading hotels, and, from its beau- 

 tiful appearance, created an interest in this vegetable which never had 

 been shown before. 



In our general Catalogue issued January 1st of this year, we gave 

 it as our opinion, that from its delicate structure the White Plume 

 Celery would not be likely to keep as well as some of the other sorts, 

 but we were agreeably surprised to rind that it kept with us in perfect 

 condition until middle of February. 



The question is asked us almost daily, what proportion of the 

 Celery Crop, for market purposes, should be grown of White Plume. 

 In our judgment, at least half of the crop should be. of this variety, 

 for all wanted until February 1st, as in all probability it will sell for 

 double the price of all other kinds, for the next season at least. 



PRICE, $1 .00 per 100. $8.00 per 1000. 



Extra strong transplanted plants, $1.50 per 100. $12.00 per 1000. 

 (If by Mail, add 25c. per 100 to above prices.) 



