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V" GQPYRICHTliD 1881, BY PET6R H6N0ERSON MO. N.Y 



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The White Flume Celery, of which we were the sole introducers, has been successfully cultivated both in this country 

 and in Europe for the last two years, and is now so well established as a standard sort that it is catalogued by all the leading 

 houses in the trade. The peculiarity of the variety known as 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 draw'ng the soil up 

 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 "banking" or " earthing up" with a spade is necessary. 

 Another great merit of the White Plume is that it far exceeds any known vegetable as an ornament for the table, the inner leaves 

 being disposed somewhat like an ostrich feather, so as to suggest the name we have given it of White Plume. We have also 

 discovered the past season, in more extended trials, that besides the above advantages it is undoubtedly the earliest Celery 

 in cultivation. So that when we add to all these valuable characteristics that its eating qualities are equal to the very 

 hest of the older sorts, being crisp, solid, and possessing a rich nutty flavor, it is but little wonder that the White Plume 

 Celery should have secured in so short a time a permanent place in cultivation. We wish to say, however, that this variety 

 never whitens in a young state, and usually only begins to show its self-blauching character when the growth begins in 

 the cool weather. We make this statement for the benefit of those who might naturally suppose that the whitening or 

 blanching process would begin as soon as the plants were above ground. As all know, the great bugbear in the cuhivation 

 of Celery has been the labor entailed in 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 sufficient hindrance to prevent him from 

 trying. Eut with this new self-blanching sort he has something that he can grow just as easily as any other vegetable. 



15 cts. per pkt.; 4 pkts. for 50 cts.; $1.00 per oz.; $3.00 per % lb. 



Yon do not give praise enough in your Catalogue to the ' • White Plume Celery.' My experience with it is that it exceeds all others 

 in beauty of appearance, and is unsurpassed in crispness and solidity by any other variety. 

 November 5th, 1885. 



R. H ARISING, Hampden, Maryland. 



