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18 VEGETABLE SEED SPECIALTIES-: => ERSON'S HIGH GRADE 
"Tal". SILVER SELF-BLANGHING. 
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HIS grand new Celery will be heard from in the near future. To Celery 
experts, we quickly describe it by stating that it is a Golden Self-Blanching 
with White Plume coloring; for those less familiar with the merits of these 
different types, we will add that Silver Self-Blanching blends the meritorious 
characteristics of both of the above celebrated varieties, possessing the robust, 
C this sturdy, compact habit of Golden Self-Blanching, the stalks being even thicker, 
Combines the Grand Qualities more solid and heavy, with immense solid ieaneea all brittle, crisp and tender, 
OF THE TWO free from string or pithiness, and of that delightfully rich flavor so highly 
e esteemed by Celery epicures. 
Most Popular freleries To these ideal qualities are added the beautiful silvery-white coloring and self- 
blanching characteristics of White Plume; that is, the foliage is tipped and 
variegated with white, while the heart, inner stalks and leaves are naturally white, 
SHOWN ON 
COLORED PLATE 
OPPOSITE. 
GROWN: and the plants may be easily and quickly blanched by simply tying them together, 
THE STURDY, SOLID HABIT OR or boards may be leaned against the plants on either side of the row, or earth may 
be drawn up and about the plants to hold them together, as preferred; they will 
GOLDEN SELF BLANGHING ; then blanch beautifully without the necessity of ‘‘banking up.’’ This grand 
THE BEAUTIFUL COLORING, 
Self-Blanching Habit and Earliness of 
WHITE PLUME. 
combination of merits, including earliness, will render Henderson’s Silver Self- 
Blanching perhaps the most valuable Celery ever introduced either for the private 
table or for the market. Price, 25c. pkt., 5 pkts. for $1.00. 
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Henderson’s Special Stock. 
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HIS grand variety of French origin is 
becoming more popular every year, and 
is now one of the most extensively grown 
sorts, both for private use and for market. It 
is not as early as White Plume, though it 
possesses the same self-blanching characteris- 
tics and is of heavier and more compact 
growth, the stalks being thick, crisp and brittle 
while the hearts are large and solid, all 
blanching a beautiful waxen cream- yellow; the 
quality is superb, tender and free from stringi- 
ness; flavor rich and delightful. Our seed isa 
very selected home-grown strain and pro- 
nounced by expert Celery growers as very 
superior. (See cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 50c. 0z., 
$1.50 ¥% Ib., $5.00 Ib. 
*‘We can say with pleasure that your Golden Self 
Blanching Celery is the best Celery we ever had on our 
table; its beautiful, crisp, sweet stalks are relished by our 
whole family. It must be the finest Celery grown; at least 
we do not want a better.”’ 
Mrs. WM. MORGAN, Springfield, Ohio. 
“‘Your Golden Self-Blanching gave us the best satis- 
faction of any Celery we ever grew.”’ 
W. W. BUCK, Clintonville, Ohi. 
“‘T used your Golden Self-Blanching Celery last year and 
found the crop free from hollow stalks, while my neighbor; 
who used seed from another source, lost nearly all thee 
crop from hollow Celery.”’—R. J. DALLINGER, Akron, O. 
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