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VEGETABLE SEED SPECIALTIES ^ 



Henderson's 

 Superior 



Golden Self 



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Blanehing Gelery 



THIS grand variety of French origin is be- 

 ' coming more popular every year, and 

 is now one of the most extensively grown 

 sorts, both for private use and for 

 market. It is not as early as White 

 Plume, though it possesses the same 

 self-blanching characteristics and 

 is of heavier and more compact 

 growth, the stalks being thick, 

 crisp and brittle, while the 

 hearts are large and solid, all 

 blanching a beautiful waxen- 

 yellow; the qualit} T is superb, 

 tender and free from stringiness ; 

 flavor rich and delightful. Our 

 seed is grown from a very select 

 strain and pronounced by expert 

 celery growers as very superior. 

 (See cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 50c. oz., 

 $1.50 Jib., $5.00 lb. 



" We can say with pleasure that your Golden 

 Self-Blanching Celery is the best celery we have ever 

 had on our table; its beautiful, crisp, sweet stalks are 

 relished by our wltole family. It must be the finest celery 

 grown; at least we do not want a better," 



Mrs. WM. MORGAN, Springfield, Ohio. 



"I must say one word of praise for your Golden Self- 

 Blanching Celery. It is the finest strain I ever grew." 

 W. H. MCCARTHY, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 



" Your Golden Self-Blanching Celery gave us the best 

 satisfaction of any we ever grew." 



W. H. BUCK, Clintonville, Ohio. 



SKE White Plume Gelery. 



The EARLIEST Variety Groom— Gan be Blanched for 

 the Table in September— "Banking Up" not fleeessary. 



WHITE PLUME CELERY was introduced by us and 

 is now more popular than ever. The peculiarity of the 

 self-blanching celeries is that they will blanch naturally 

 without the laborious banking up which is essential to 

 ordinary sorts. It is as easy to grow White Plume Celery 

 as any other vegetable. If the stalks are drawn together 

 when the plant is three-fourths grown and the soil drawn 

 to or pressed around the plant it will soon be fit for use. 

 Boards are sometimes placed close up to the plants, but 

 the result is not so satisfactory as by contact with the earth. 



At maturity, the plant is highly ornamental. Its 

 ample white heart and variegated leaves present a beauti- 

 ful appearance. The delicate flavor of its crisp, succu- 

 lent stalks is unequalled. Our stock of this grand old 

 vegetable is finer today than ever and we are fully 

 entitled to name it "Henderson's Perfected White 

 Plume." (See cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 40c. oz., $1.25 % lb., 

 $4.00 lb. 



"/ had the finest Perfected White Plume Celery last season ever raised in 

 this section and so acknowledged by every one who saw it. Had plenty of 

 stalks, pure white, two feet long, crisp, and of elegant flavor." 



O. G. BRIAX, Dykemans, X. Y. 



"/ raised your White Plume Celery last year and it was the best celery 

 1 ever raised. I began bleaching it in August and it lasted until New 

 Year's — was crisp and sweel."-.'\frs. FRED LEUSER, Genrsrn, X. Y. 



"I say with great pleasure, that your White Plume Celery is the best 

 in hare ever grown ; with it tve captured first premium at the Kentucky 

 State Fair. We grew it to mammoth si:e and S feet in height." 



YITTER BROS., Lou, Hlle, Ky. 



"After experience in Celery culture for many years, your White Plume 

 was the best we ever hud. The Stalks were white from root to leaf, and 

 when prepared for the table measured 23 inches. Everybody pronounced 

 it tin most beautiful ,<!, ru they ever saw." 



T. B. McILWAIN, Napier, Ontario, Can. 



For our Complete list of ELEVEN VARIETIES OF CELERY, see page 52. 



