PETER HENDERSON & CO** NEW YORK;r 



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...HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR... 



Golden Self-blanching 



••• ••• CELERY 



"THIS grand variety of French origi 

 1 coming more popular every year, 

 is now one of the most extensively grown 

 sorts, both for private use and f 

 market. It is not as early as Whit 

 Plume, though it possesses the same 

 self-blanching characteristics and 

 is of heavier and more compact 

 growth, the stalks being thick, 

 crisp and brittle, while the hearts 

 are large and solid, all blanch- 

 ing a beautiful waxen-yellow; 

 the quality is superb, tender 

 and free from stringiness; flavor 

 rich and delightful. Our seed is 

 grown from a very select strain 

 and pronounced by expert celery 

 growers as very superior. (See cut. 

 Price, 10c. pkt., 50c. oz., $1 

 }i lb., $5.00 lb. 



"We can say with pleasure that your Golden Self- 

 Blanching Celery is the best celery we have 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. 



"I must say one word of praise for your Golden Self- 

 Blanching Celery. It is the finest strain I ever grew." 

 W. H. MCCARTHY, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 



" Your Golden Self-Blanching Celery gave us the best 

 satisfaction of any we ever grew." 



W. H. BUCK. Clintonville, Ohio. 



HENDERSON'S PERFECTED 



WHITE PLUME CELERY. 



The EARLIEST Variety Grown — Can be Blanched for 

 the Table in September — "Banking Up" not Necessary. 



XA/HITE PLUME CELERY was introduced by us and 

 " " is now more popular than ever. The peculiarity of the 

 self-blanching celeries is that they will blanch naturally 

 without the laborious banking up which is essential to ordi- 

 nary sorts. It is as easy to grow White Plume Celery as any 

 other vegetable. If the stalks are drawn together when the 

 plant is three-fourths grown and the soil drawn to or pressed 

 around the plant it will soon be fit for use. Boards are 

 sometimes placed close up to the plants, but the result is not 

 so satisfactory as by contact with the earth. 



At maturity, the plant is highly ornamental. Its ample 

 white heart and variegated leaves present a beautiful 

 appearance. The delicate flavor of its crisp, succulent stalks 

 is unequaled. Our stock of this grand old vegetable is 

 finer today than ever and we are fully entitled to name 

 it "Henderson's Perfected White Plume." (See cut.) 



Price, 10c. pkt., 40c. oz., $1.25 M ^-> $4.00 lb. 



"/ had the finest Perfected White Plume Celery last season ever raised in this 

 section and so acknowledged by every one who saw it. Had plenty of stalks, 

 pure white, two feet long, crisp, and of elegant flavor." 



O. G. BRIAN, Dykemans, N. Y. 



"I raised your White Plume Celery last year and it was the best celery I 

 ever raised. I began bleaching it in August and it lasted until New Year's 

 — was crisp and sweet." Mrs. FRED LEUSER, Geneseo, N. Y. 



" I say with great pleasure, that your White Plume Celery is the best we have 

 ever grown; with it we captured first premium at the Kentucky State Fair, 

 We grew it to mammoth size and 3 feet in height." 



VITTER BROS., Louisville, Ky. 



"After experience in Celery culture for many years, your White Plume 

 was the best we ever had. The stalks were white from root to leaf, and 

 when prepared for the table measured 23 inches. Everybody pronounced 

 it the most beautiful celery they ever saw." 



T. B. McILWAIN, Napier, Ontario, Can. 



For our complete list of ELEVEN VARIETIES OF CELERY, see page 55. 



