32 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1917 



SANFORD EASY BLANCHING CELERY. 



186 Sanford Easy Blanching 



Easiest and Quickest to Blanch Long Keeping Celery 



A valuable celery of recent introduction and is now extensively 

 grown by the most progressive celery growers in Florida. New Yorli 

 and New Jersey. Becoming popular in other celerv sections through- 

 out the United States. The stalks are stocky in growth and of medium 

 height and are the easiest and quickest to blanch and keep better in 

 the trench than other sorts. The tender, brittle, sweet, nutty flavored 

 stalks are attractive In appearance. Grows equally well on muck or 

 upland. The seed we are ofrering was grown for us from stock seed 

 procured from one of our market friends who has been selecting his 

 stock for several seasons. 



Pkt., 15 cts.: li oz., 7.5 cts.; oz.. Si. 25; % lb., S1.25; lb., S16.00. 



181 



Perfected White Plume 



(XX Selected Strciin) 



I have used your seeds 

 for 20 years and have 

 found them to be the best 

 seeds 1 ever used. 



A. L. Jordan, 



Ewing, Mo. 



This magnificent celery is improving from year to yea 

 under high culture and careful selection. It is a truly beau 

 tiful type. No other celery naturally turns white upon reach 

 ing maturity. All others require blanching with boards 

 with earth. The Golden Self-Blanching naturally turns yel 

 low, but this one turns white. Not only does the stem whiten 

 but the leaf itself, especially every inner leaf, assumes th( 

 attractive white color. This makes the White Plume Celerj 

 one of the most showy ornaments that can be put upon th( 

 Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner table. As to succulence^ 

 crispness and quality, the Perfected White Plume is all thai 

 can be desired of a white celery. 



Packet, 10 cents; '2 ounce, 30 cents; ounce, 50 cents; 

 }i pound, $1.50; pound, $5.00, postpaid. 



182 Giant Pascal or Winter King 



This choice celery has the sweet, nutty flavor of Golden 

 Self-Blanching, of which it is an off'spring. The stalks are 

 about two feet high; thick, solid and stringless, and almost as 

 brittle as glass; fewer in number than in ordinary kinds of 

 celery, but making full weight by reason of width, thickness 

 and succulence. It blanches easily and keeps well. An ele- 

 gant winter keeper for home or market. 



Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; % lb., $1.00; lb., $3.50. 



176 



Pink Plume 



i The best flavored ot all celeries. It Is solid, crisp and nutty. 

 Vigorous in growth. It blanches with almost as little trouble 



\ Ts White Plume. It is a strong, healthy, compact grower; 

 e^;tra early and a long keeper. Pink Plume is a self-blanch- 

 mg variety in the same sense that White Plume and Ameri- 

 can Yellow are. Extremely popular for table decorations on 

 account of its beauty and nutty flavor. 



Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; '^ lb., SI. 50; lb., $5.00. 



184 



Boston Market 



An old standard celery of widely known excellence. It Is a 

 vigorous grower, with dark green leaves, attaining a medium 

 height. It blanches quite easily, and when ready for market 

 or table makes a good appearance; is crisp, tender and fine 

 flavored. It is a good and reliable winter keeper. 



put., 5 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; \^ lb., 75 cts.; lb., SS.50. 



BOSTON MARKET CELERY. 



