WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Vegetable Seeds — 29 



Maule's XX Selected Strain 



Golden 



Self-Blanching 



Gelery. 



It may be an interestiug statement to my friends and cus- 

 tomers that this page of my catalogue for the last 3 years has 

 brought in more dollars than any other page in this book, but 

 this is readily explained. From the Atlantic to the Pacific 

 almost all the largest and best celery growers are depending 

 on me for their supply of this seed, and one reason will be 

 found in the following letter : 



Mitchell & Goodall, of San Francisco, probably the largest 



growers of celery in the United States, in reserving their seed 



for their 1909 planting, write me as follows : 



"We are very much pleased with the seed of the XX Golden Sell- 

 Blanching Celery we have been getting, and our crop this year shows 

 most excellent results. We have a little more than 400 acres, of what 

 we believe is the finest celery ever grown In California, this is also the 

 opinion of other growers who have visited our fields. We have now 

 about 60 acres ready for market, average height about 20 inches, very 

 even and uniform, rows perfectly straight and being about 700 yards 

 long would make a fine picture. We merely suggest this, should you 

 desire anything of the kind in your catalogue. There is an effort being 

 made by the Los Angeles people to get in a cheaper seed here, but we 

 have advised all our friends who have gone to the heavy expense of 

 raising celery to stick to 'Maule.' We find your seed perfoctly adapted 

 to our soil and climate; our experience with it for the last four years 

 has been very satisfactory, and we are not taking chances by planting 

 any other." 



The above from the Pacific, here is one from the Atlantic : 



"Allendale, Celery Gardens, Allendale, N. J. 

 Your Golden Self-Blanching Celery proved the best out of the same 

 variety purchased from six other seedsmen. Send me 2 pounds of the 

 same strain. H. J. Appert & Son." 



NO better illustration of the superior quality of my XX 

 Golden Self-Blanching can be found than the fact that 

 5 years ago, my total sales of the seed of Maule's XX 

 Selected Strain Golden Self-Blanching Celery in the State of 

 California amounted to less than 50 pounds; for the last 2 

 years I have supplied seed to all the largest concerns in that 

 State shipping celery to the Eastern markets; one single order 

 amounting to 300 pounds, and another single order to 225 

 pounds. This year I expect my California trade to require 

 close to 1,000 pounds of my strain of this celery. Such facts 

 as these should not fail to impress every grower who has not 

 already tried my selected strain, with its superior qualities. 

 Golden Self-Blanching Celery is undoubtedly the most popu- 

 lar and profitable celery in cultivation today. It is always 

 in demand where good celery is appreciated. It gives the 

 largest return for the labor. In quality it ranks with the 



MAULE'S XX SELECTED STRAIN GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHI r 



CELERY. 



highest. It is equally in favor with the amateur and mar- 

 ket gardeners. It is dwarf to half dwarf, growing about 18 to 

 20 inches in height, wonderfully stocky, very heavy, per- 

 fectly solid, of delicate flavor and a good keeper. Added to 

 these points is its great distinctive feature of being almost 

 literally self-blanching. During the season last year from 10 

 to 20 carloads per day of this celery grown from my XX 

 Selected Strain seed were shipped from California to the East- 

 ern markets, even as far east as Boston. In the Philadelphia, 

 Chicago and New York markets it commands the very highest 

 prices, and my customers, particularly those in the San 

 Joaquin River section realized more than $300 per acre in net 

 profit on every acre they planted. My supply of seed for 1909 

 is unusally choice, but all my customers desiring large quan- 

 tities, say from 25 to 100 pounds, should have their orders 

 booked at as early a date as possible. 



Prices of Maule's XX Selected Strain Golden Self-Blanching Celery for 1909 : 

 Packet, 10 cents; half ounce, 30 cents; ounce, 50 cents; quarter pound, $1.50; pound, $5.00. 



A CALIFORNIA FIELD OF MAULE'S XX SELECTED STRAIN GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING CELERY. 



