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NEW CELERY, 



HENDERSON'S WHITE PLUME 



"HENDERSON'S WHITE PLUME. 



This season (1884), for the first 

 time, is introduced a new kind of 

 Celery, that we feel satisfied will so 

 simplify its culture that the most in- 

 experienced can now grow Celery, 

 blanched in the proper condition 

 for the table, just as easily as a 

 Cabbage or a Lettuce. The pecu- 

 liarity of the Celery known as 

 11 White Plume" is, that naturally 

 its stalk and portions of its inner 

 leaves and heart are white, so that, 

 by closing the stalks, either by tying 

 them up with matting, or by simply 

 drawing the soil against the plant 

 and pressing it together with the 

 hands, and again drawing up the 

 soil with the hoe or plow, so as to 

 keep the soil that has been squeezed 

 against the Celery in its place, the 

 work of blanching is completed- 

 while it is well known that in all 

 other kinds of Celery, in addition 

 to this, the slow and troublesome 

 process of high ''banking" with 

 the spade is a necessity. 



It is well known that one-half the 

 value of a Celery, particularly in our 

 best hotels and' restaurants, is held 

 to be its fitness as a table ornament, 

 and for this purpose this new variety 

 is admirably fitted. In addition to 

 this, its eating qualities are equal to 

 the very best of the older sorts, be- 



ing crisp and solid. 



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

 market, has been the labor entailed in the "banking" or earthing up, 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 vegeta- 

 ble, the culture in all respects being the same as that of the older sorts, except we are 

 saved the trouble of high banking. In size and weight it is similar to those popular 

 kinds, "Golden Dwarf" and "Henderson's Half Dwarf." Our illustration shows a 

 bunch of four, the usual way in which Celery is put up for the New York market. 



Trade price, $3.50 per dozen packets : $25 per 100 packets. 

 (25 packets at 100 rate.) 



