CELERY. 



WM. HENRY M AULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



CuLTUEE.— Celery seed Is slow to germin- 

 ate, and ample time must be given. Sow 

 thinly; cover lightly. Keep constantly 

 moist. Count on about 7,500 plants per ounce of seed, or \^ pound per 

 icre. When the seedling plants are 8 Inches high they should be 



'H Maule's XX Selected Strain 



Golden 



Self-Blanching 



Celery 



In glancing casually at this page few people would imagine 

 it was by all odds the most popular in this whole book. 

 Last year my sales of XX French grown Golden Self-Blanch- 

 ing (jelery exceeded $15,000. This year my first order, re- 

 ceived last summer, was for 50 pounds, the second order 85 

 pounds, both at S20.00 per pound. At the time these orders 

 were booked I happened to be in France inspecting my crops, 

 which looked as if they would be nearly 12J per cent., but 

 which I regret deteriorated to such an extent since last Aug- 

 ust, that I really realized less than 5 per cent The above 

 two orders depleted my stock so much that I regret I can 

 now offer Maule's XX Golden Self-Blanching by the quarter 

 pound only. Last year when my catalogue went to press I 

 had more than 400 pounds on hand this year on going to 

 press I have less than 200 pounds. 



The reason Maule's XX French grown Self-Blanching is in 

 such demand wherever good celery is appreciated is because it 

 gives the best money return for the labor. In quality it 

 ranks with the highest. It is equally m favor with the ama- 

 teur and the market gardener. It is dwarf to half dwarf, 

 growing 18 to 20 inches in height, wonderfully stocky, very 

 hea\^, perfectly solid, of delicate flavor and a good keeper. 

 Added to these points is its great distintive feature of being 

 almost literally self-blanching. 



If wanted by the ounce or quarter pound, you should send 

 in your order at as early a date as possible, as the seed is very 

 much scarcer than ever before, and while I have always been 

 able to fill ounce and quarter pound orders, it looks this year 

 as if early in the season I would have to decline orders for 

 even these quantities. 



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clipped at the top, to favor stocky growth, or else transplanted. Celery 

 is mostly grown under flat culture, without trenches, in rows 4 feet apart, 

 6 inches apart in row. For home use celery is often grown in double 

 rows, 10 inches apart, without trenching, and banked for winter storage 

 just where it grows, without lifting. 



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



"DEPORT of an interview one of my representatives, visiting Cal., had 

 with Mr. Goodall, of Mitchell & Goodall, 124, 126 and 128 Washing- 

 ion St., San Francisco, Cal., who have planted Maule's XX Golden 

 Self-Blanching Celery for years past, and have always been my largest 

 customers for seed of this variety. Mr. Goodall stated that in putting 

 out 8,000,000 plants of my XX Golden Self-Blanching in 1912, he found 

 but 6 pink stalks, about 12 White Plume, and very few green stalks, 

 possibly 50. They had 375 ^res planted in celery (about 22,000 plants 

 per acre) every stalk was my XX French grown Golden Self-Blanching. 



Prices of Maule's XX Selected Strain Golden Self-Blanching Celery for 1913 : 

 Packet, 15 cents; quarter ounce, 75 cents; half ounce, $1.25; ounce, $2.25; quarter pound, $8.00, postpaid. 



A FIECD OF MiAULE'S XX SELECTED STRAIN GOLDEN SEL F-BLANCH1NR CELERY. 



