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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 



PHOTOaP.APH OF AVEKAGE slNijLK CLAXTs OK FOUR OK THE BEST CEI.KRIES. 



CELERY. 



One ounce will prochice about twenty-five hundred plants 

 and sow about two liundred feet of row. 



A GUIDE TO CBLEKY CDLTURE. Kalamazoo 



Celery, by Bochore. This valuable book will be mailed 

 to any ad<lress on receipt of price. 50c., or can be selected 

 free with all orders of S3.00 and over. See Book Premiums, 

 on page 2.5. 



NEW CELERY.— THE PEKLE LE GKA>T>. The 

 verv best winter celerv. (See Novelties, page 8). Pkt., 15c.; 

 or., 40c.; Ki lb., S1.25; II)., S4.00. 



JOHNSON* STOKES' GOLDEN SELF-BLANCH- 

 ING. The Golden Selt-Blanching Celery is pronounced 

 by hundreds of our patrons the very best and most pro- 

 fitable celery iu cultivation. The photograph above will 

 give .some idea of its handsome form, attaining a very large 

 size, but very stocky and robust. It is very early, entirely 

 self-blanching, and can be grown without any banking up 

 or covering whatever, even the outer ribs assuming a yellow- 

 ish white color. The heart is of a beautiful golden yellow 

 color, very large, crisp and solid. It is unequalled in 

 strikiNg appearance on the table or market stall, and decid- 

 edly the best keeper of all the self-blanching varieties. Many 

 of our largest celery growers are now planting their entire 

 crops in this variety and pronounce our strain the best and 

 purest obtainable. Pkt., 10c. ; oz., 40c.; 54 lb., SI. 00: lb., S.3.75. 



PERFECTION HEAKTWELL HALF-DW^AKF. A 

 large, solid growing variety, of excellent flavor and a creamy 

 white color. It makes an excellent market sort for winter 

 use, &s the stalks are clear and attractive in color, with large 

 golden-yellow heart, and of a size to influence purchasers. 

 Very popular in the New York markets, "where it is consid- 

 ered bv manv the finest of all winter varieties. Pkt., 10c. ; 

 oz., 2.5e.; H lb., 6iJe.; lb., S2.25. 



EARLY ARLINGTON. This new celery comes from 

 the .same source as the Arlington Tennis Ball Lettuce, de- 

 scribed on another paie. It is an improved selection of the 

 well-known Boston Market Celery, made by an Arlington 

 market gar lener. It has received .n>s( prize in both the regu- 

 lar an'l special premiums offered by the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural .Society. It is very early, coming in quite three 

 weeks in advance of tlife Boston Jlarket ; and its superiority 

 over that variety is in the fact that it is earlier, of larger size, 

 and more vigorous growth and bleaches easily and more 

 quickly. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 25c.; ;^ilb.,75c.; lb., S2.50, 



WHITE PLUME, EXTR.4^ SELECTED AND PER- 

 FECTED. Each year adds to the popul.ai-ity and value of 

 this variety. Like our Golden Self-Blajickinfi, it requires very 

 little earthing up to blanch it, and although its keeping qual- 

 ities are not equal to our Golden Self-Blanchhig, yet, asa celery 

 for the fall and early winter use, it is unsurpassed. Our 

 strain of this variety is closely selected each year, and will 

 be found entirely free from green celery, so prevalent in 

 much of this seed sold. Market gardeners everywhere, who 

 purchi\se from us, are unanimous in pronouncing our White 

 Plume the best and purest strain thev hiive ever been able to 

 get. Pkt., 10c; oz.,25c.; J^lb., 75c ; 'lb., S2.75. 



DILES' MA.NT-HEA.RTED. This fine new celery 

 was originated by Mr. Geo. Dilks, a noted Philadelphia mar- 

 ket gardener, from one stalk found growing in a field of 

 Golden Dwarf in 1881. It is very distinct in appearance; foli- 

 age dark green. We have seen four stalks in a bunch weigh 

 thirteen and a quarter pounds, and entirely cover the top of 

 an ordinary flour barrel. It is a splendid keeper and seller 

 and especially adapted to light or poor ground where other 

 varieties could not be grown. Pkt., 10c. ; oz., 30c, ; )4 lb., 

 7oc. ; lb., S2.75. 



NEW GIANT PASCAL. This variety is a sport from 

 our Golden Self-Blanching Celery, which has become so pop- 

 ular within the last few years, thoroughly established by 

 careful selection. It partakes of the best qualities of that 

 variety, but is somewhat larger and taller. It is of a fine 

 nutty flavor, being entirely free from any bitter taste. It 

 grows about two feet high: the stalks are very broad, thick and 

 crisp; the width and thickness of these are distinctive feat- 

 uresofthisvariety. It bleaches with butslight "earthingup," 

 .■\nd very quickly, usually in five or six days. It is a splemlid 

 keeper. The heart is golden yellow, very full and attractive 

 in appearance. We offer extra selected seed of our own 

 growing. Pkt., lOc; oz., 20c.; ^^ lb., 60c.: lb., S2.00. 



GOLDEN BCEART D^YAKF. This distinct variety is 

 the most popular old variety amonri markd gardeners. It is 

 entirely solid, an excellent keeper a.nd o^ fine, nutty flavor. In 

 size and habit of growth it is much the same as Half-dwarf 

 White kinds, except when blanched, the heart, which is large 

 and full, is of a waxy, golden yellow, rendering it very strik- 

 ing and showy for either market or private use. We have an 

 unusually fine strain, and sell hundreds of pounds each sea- 

 son to our most critical market g;irdeners. Pkt,, 10c.,- oz., 

 25c.; Jilb.,60c.; lb„ S2.25 ; 21bs., S4.00. 



