FARQUHAR'S RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS 



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CELERY. Apia 



(Sp.) 



Ctjlture. Sow the seeds in March or April in a 

 hotbed or coldframe. As soon as plants arc 3 inches 

 high, transplant into a prepared border, setting 

 them 4 inches apart. When grown to a height of 6 

 inches, and fine stocky plants, set in richly manured, 

 deep soil, in rows 3 foet apart, and about 9 inches 

 from plant to plant. Water, if dry weather follows 

 transplanting. During the next two months all the 

 attention required is to keep down weeds. After- 

 ward earth up a little, and continue doing so at inter- 

 vals until only the tops of the leaves are visible late in 

 autumn. Never hoe or earth up when the plants are 

 wet. To keep Celery in winter, replant into a cool 

 cellar, allowingfuUy 3 inchesof soil on the floor St ind 

 the plants in rows not more than 9 inches apart ,ind 

 partition off with boards equal to the height of the 

 plants. They will be ready for use in January 

 One ounce of seed produces about 4,000 plants. 



Giant Pascal Celery 



Crosby's Original Boston Market. The finest gavored pkt. 



variety in cultivation. It is of dwarf, branching habit, blanches perfectly 

 white, and has solid stalks of excellent nutty flavor. A splendid keeper. 

 Fine home-grown seed 3^oz. $1.25; oz. $2.00 . . $0 25 



EaSy>bianohing. a new, very early variety of great merit and good 

 for all seasons. The plants are of vigorous growth with tender, brittle stalks. 

 A good keeper oz. $1.50. . 15 



Paris Golden Self-blanching. French-grown. The best very early Celery, 

 now extensively grown for summer and early autumn use. The stalks are 



sohd, crisp, tender, and of a fine, nutty flavor. It keeps well 



oz. $1.00; Mlb. $3.50.. 15 



Giant Pascal. New England-grown. Plants of strong, vigorous 

 growth, very uniform and remarkably free from soft, pithy stalks; very 

 solid, crisp, and of fine flavor oz. $1.50. . 25 



Giant Pascal. An easily blanched and fine-keeping sort of excellent flavor. 

 It grows about 2 feet high, the stalks being broad, thick, crisp, stringless, 

 and of wonderful keeping quality oz. 50c.; ^Ib. $1.75. . 10 



Sutton's Solid White. A popular white variety. Stems are solid, crisp, and 

 of a sweet, nutty flavor. Fine for late keeping oz. $1.50. . 25 



Farquiiar's Selected Red. Crisp, tender, delicious stalks, beau- 

 tifully rose-tinted. Fine for very late keeping oz. $1.00. . 15 



Winter Queen. A late variety of medium height, with thick, solid stalks 

 which blanch a creamy white color and keep weU oz. 60c . . 15 



Best O' Flavor, a fine selection of the well-known Giant Pascal. The 

 stalks are broad, thick, very solid, of an excellent nutty flavor, and easily 

 blanched. A fine keeping sort 3^oz. $2.00 . . 50 



Perfected White Plume. Good for early use. The stalks and portions of the 



leaves being naturally white, they are fit for table early in the season 



oz. 50c. ;Mlb. $1.75.. 10 



Celery Plants Delivery June and July 

 Boston Market, Paris Golden Self-blanching, Easy-blanching, Giant 

 Pascal. 25 cts. per doz.; $1.25 per 100; $12 per 1,000. 



CELERIAC 



Crosby's Original Boston Market Celery 



A delicious vegetable which deserves to be more extensively cxiltivated. It pro- 

 duces roots which may be kept for winter, and those who appreciate celery boiled 

 or cooked in any other form will find the turnip-rooted variety very acceptable; 

 after being cooked it may also be used as a component in salads. 



Culture. Seeds are started and plants set out in the same way as advised for celery. 

 The stalks can bo blanched but it is usually grown for its bulbous roots. 

 Giant Smooth Prague. (Turnip-rooted.) Roots of large, globular shape, Pkt. 



smooth, and with only a few small roots at the bottom 



oz. 50c.; Mlb. $1.50. .$0 10 



CRESS or PEPPER-GRASS 



Berro o Mastuerzo (Sp.) 



Invaluable for salads and garnishing. 

 Extra Curled. Excellent for salads. Sow in shallow drills 1 foot apart, and Pkt. 

 make successive sowings every ten days. .oz. 15c.; J^lb. 35c.; lb. $1.25. .$0 10 



Upland. Perennial variety, similar in taste to the Water Cress 



oz. 25c.; Mlb. 75c.. 10 

 Water. Sow in damp soil or by the side of a pond or stream oz. 75c. . 10 



