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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 



Celery 



One ounce will produce about twenty-fi%e hundred plants 

 and sow about two hundred feet of row. 



JOHNSON 4 STOKES' GOLDEN SELF-BLAXOHING CELERY. 

 Prepared for Market. 



^ Golden Self-Blanching 



JOHNSON 



& 

 STOKES 



The Golden Self-Blancliing Celery is pronounced 

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

 able celery in cultivation. It is very early, entirely self- 

 blanching, and can be grown without any banking up or 

 covering whatever, even the outer ribs assuming a yellowish 

 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. Tiie 

 largest celery growers are now planting their entire early 

 crops in this variety, and pronounce our strain the best and 

 purest obtainable. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 30c.; K lb., 85c.; lb., S3.00. 



((eW l^ose-^ibbed Golden Self-Blanching, or 

 Golden ^ose Celery 



A sport from our Golden Self-Bl-anching, possessing its 

 Belf-blancliing and all other good qualities. The ribs, how- 

 ever, assume a warm rosy liue, wliicli deepens as the season 

 advances. We can recommend this charming new variety 

 very highly. Pkt., 15c.; oz., 40c.; }i lb., SI. 2.5. 



New Winter Queen Celer\? 



The best late celery, of superb quality and will keep 

 longer than any other. Although only introduced by us in 

 1897 it has already attained the pinnacle of perfection as a 

 late-keeping winter celery. See Novelties, page 5. Pkt., 

 1.5c.; oz.,40c.; J^lb., S1.25; lb., S4.00. 



Perfected White Plume Celery 



Each year adds to the popularity and value of White 

 Plume Celery. Like our Golden Self-Blanching^ it requires 

 very little earthing up to blanch it, and although its keeping 

 qualities are not equal to our Golden Self-Blanching, yet as a 

 celery for the fall and early winter use, it is unsiirpassed. 

 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 

 purchase from us, are unanimous in pronouncing our White 

 Plume the best and purest strain tliev can get. Pkt., lOc; 

 02,25c.; iilb.,70c.; lb., $2.25, postpaid; 2 lbs. for 84.00. 



New Pink Plume Celery 



This new celery is practically identical with 'White 

 Plume, except that the stalks arc suffused with a dainty pink, 

 adding the crispness and rich nutty flavor for which the red 

 celeries are noted. It is a strong, healthy, compact grower, 

 with no tendencv to rust; extra early and a good keeper. 

 Pkt., lOc; oz., 25c.; % lb., 70c.; lb., 82.25. 



Giant Pascal Celery 



This variety is also a sport from our Golden Self-Blanch- 

 ing, 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 ta-ste. It grows about two feet high ; the 

 stalks are very broad, thick, crisp and very brittle; the wi<Uh 

 and thickness of these are distinctive features of this variety. 

 It bleaches with but slight " earthing up," and very quickly, 

 usuallv in five or six davs. A splendid keeper for winter 

 use. Pkt., lOc; oz., 20c.; li lb., 50c.; lb., 81.75. 



PERLE LE GRAND CELERY 



VAXUABtE FOR BOTH EARLY Aja> LATE USE. 



The Perle Le Grand Celery was named and introduced by us 

 in 1894, and has met with large sale. Its beautiful, full golden 

 heart and rich nutty flavor are unapproached by any of Ihe 

 older sorts. On the market stall it is extremely showy and 

 salable, a single plant making a good-sized bunch and sur- 

 passing nearly all other sorts in weight. It is not only a good 

 early celery, being among the first fit to use, but also valua- 

 ble as a winter keeper, remaining, when properly trenched, 

 in perfect condition awav into the spring. Pkt.. lOc; oz., 30c.; 

 i-ilb., 85c.; lb., 83.00, postpaid; 2 lbs., 85.75; 5 lbs. and over, 

 82.75 per pound, by express or freight. 









KEW PERLE LE GKAND CELERY. 



