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JOHXSOX i stokes' GOLDEN SELF-BLAXCHING CEUEEY. 



PEEFECTED WHITE PLUME CELEKY. 



Celery 



One ounce will produce about twenty-five hundred plants 

 and sow about two hundred feut of row. 



Johnson & Stokes' Golden Self-Blanching 



The Golden Self-Blanching 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. The 

 largest celery growers are now planting their entire early 

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

 purest obtainable. " Pkt., lOc; oz., 30c.; % lb., 85c.; lb., $3.00. 



NEW KOSE-KIBBED GOLDKN SEI^F-BLANCH- 



rNG (Golden Rose). A sport from our Golden Self-Blanching, 

 possessing all its good qualities. The ribs, however, assume a 

 warm rosy hue which deepens as the season advances. We 

 can reconimend this novelty very highly. Pkt., loc; 2pkts., 

 25c.; oz., 60c. 



NEW GIANT PASCAL. This variety is also a sport 

 from our Golden Sell-Blanching, 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 

 features of this variety. It bleaches with but slight "earthing 

 up," and verv quicklv, usuallv in five or six days. A splen- 

 did keeper. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 20c.; % lb., 50e.; lb., Sl.75. 



DZLKS' 3IANT-HEARTED. This new celery was orig- 

 inated by Mr. Geo. Dilks, a noted Philadelphia market gar- 

 dener, from one stalk found growing in a field of Golden 

 Dwarf in 1884. It is very distinct in appearance ; foliage dark 

 green. We have seen four stalks in a bunch weigh thirteen 

 and a quarter pounds, and entirelv cover the top of an ordi- 

 nary flour barrel. Pkt., lOc; oz., 20c.; J4 lb., 60c.; lb., S2.00. 



SCHUMACHER. This is one of the most popular cel- 

 eries in New York markets, many growers there regarding 

 it one of the best winter varieties. Grows to large size, with 

 golden vellow heart, very solid and crisp. Pkt., lOc; oz., 25c.; 

 141b., 75c.; lb.,S2.5U. 



Perfected White Plume, Extra Selected 



Each year adds to the popularity and value of '\Vliit« 

 Plume Celery. Like our Golden Self-Blmiehing, it requires 

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

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

 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 

 purchase from us, are unanimous in pronouncing our White 

 Plume the best and purest strain they can get. Pkt.,10e.; 

 oz., 20c.; i^lb., 50c.; lb., $1.75; 2 lbs. for $3.00. 



NT2W PLNK PEUIVIE. This new celery is practically 

 identical with White Plume, except that the stalks are suf- 

 fused with a dainty pink, adding the crispness and rich nutty 

 flavor for which the red celeries are noted. Pkt., lOc; oz., 

 20c.; 341b., 50c.; lb., Sl.75. 



PERFECTION HEARTWELE HAEF-DWARF. 

 A large, solid-growing variety, of excellent flavor and a 

 creamy white color. It makes an excellent market sort for 

 winter vise, as the stalks are clear and attractive in color, with 

 golden yellow heart. Pkt., 10c.; oz.,25c.; 341b., 60c.; lb., $2.25. 



GOLDEN HEART OR GOLDEN DW^ARF. A most 

 popular old variety among market gardeners. It is entirely 

 solid, an excellent keeper and of fine, nutty flavor. lu size and 

 habit of growth it is Half-Dwarf; when blanched, theheart is 

 large and full, of a waxy, golden yellow, rendering it very 

 striking and show^' for either market or private use. Pkt., 

 5c.; oz., 15c.; H lb.,"40e.; lb., $1.50. 



NEW ROSE. In England the Pink or Red Celeries are 

 much more largely used than the White varieties. They 

 possess many advantages over the white, being hardier, more 

 solid and better keepers. The New iiose is the best of all the 

 Red varieties, combining all these desirable qualities, and is 

 the most ornamental for the table. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 25c.; 3^4 lb., 

 60c.; lb., $2.25. 



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If You Grow Celery for Profit 



You cannot afford to be without our new book, 

 Farm Gardening-. Sent Free with all orders 

 of $3.00 and over. See our Free Book Pre- 

 miums for 1898, bottom of pages 21 and 26. 



