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Maule's XX Selected Strain 



Golden 



Self-Blanching 



Celery 



I consider myself headquarters for what is today the most 

 popular and profitable celery in cultivation. Unfortunately 

 the crop is shorter than ever, and prices are astonishingly 

 high. My first order for this variety in 1911 was booked in 

 Aug., 1910, 100 pounds for $700, and the only reason I accepted 

 this order was because it was from one of my oldest and best 

 customers. This year my first order was from the same cus- 

 tomer, 100 pounds for $1,000, a special price made for the same 

 reason as I made it in 1911. 



One of my representatives last September sold to 43 of my 

 customers, old celery growers, in Arkport, N. Y., 54J pounds 

 of this seed in one day at $12.00 per pound. I found out in 

 the fall that if I continued selling my XX Golden Self Blanch- 

 ing Celery at $12.00 per pound, I would not have a pound left 

 by January, owing to the limited supply, consequently it was 

 compulsory to advance the price to $1-5.00. When this price 

 list goes to press I will have about 400 pounds left to sell. 



All my old friends know I ha\-e not sold a pound of any- 

 thing but French grown Golden Self Blanching Celery for 

 years. I have paid ten times as much to my French growers 

 as I could get this seed grown for in America. I would not 

 touch California grown seed as a gift. The short crop in 

 France last year was occasioned by the floods which we all 

 know about; this year's failure Mas occasioned by the dry 

 weather. 1 do not want to appear alarming, but from present ] 

 appearances I will have less seed to sell next year than I have 

 this. Notwithstanding the high price I have to ask for this 

 seed, it seems to be in greater demand than when I got only | 

 $4.00 and So.OO a pound for it. The reason is that XX Golden I 

 Self Blanching Celery is always in demand wherever good | 

 celery is appreciated. It gives the best money returns for the \ 

 labor. In quality it ranks with the highest. It is equally 

 in favor with the amateur and market gardener. It is dwarf I 



MAULE'S XX SELECTED STRAIN GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING CELERY. 



to half dwarf, growing 18 to 20 inches in height, wonderfully 

 stocky, very heavy, i^erfectly solid, of delicate flavor and a 

 good keeper. Added to these points is its great distinctive 

 feature of being almost literally self-blanching. Early orders 

 are solicited, for as stated above, my supply is even more lim- 

 ited than last year. As long as it holds out, I shall sell what 

 I have at 814.7-5 per pound ; 10 pounds or more $14.00 -pei 

 pound by express at purchaser's expense. 



Prices of Maule's XX Selected Strain Golden Self-Blanching Celery for 1912 : 

 Packet, 15 cents; quarter ounce, 50 cents; half ounce, 80 cents; ounce, $1.50; quarter pound, $5.00; pound, $14.75. 



The Maule Seed Book for 1912 



is pronounced by one and all the most complete seed catalogue ever 

 published in this countr}'. It not only contains a full list of everything 

 worth growing in Garden, Field and Flower Seeds, but also a complete 

 list of Summer Flowering Bulbs, Plants, Small Fruits, Garden Tools, Fertil- 

 izers, etc. Tell your friends who do not know Maule's Seeds to send me 

 their address on a postal, and I will be only too glad to mail them a copy. 



Wm. Henry Maule, 1707-09-11 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



