30 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1914 



CELERY. 



moist, 

 acre. 



Culture. — Celery seed is slow to germin- 

 ate, and ainple time must be given. Sow 

 thinly; cover lightly. Keep constantly 

 Count on about 7,500 plants per ounce of seed, or i^ pound per 



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, aud banked for winter storage 



When the seedling plants are 8 inches high they should be j just where it grows, without lifting. 



ITS 



Maule's XX Selected Strain 



en 



Self "Blanching 

 Celery 



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 in favor with the ama- 

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

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

 hea\'y, 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 quarter pound or pound, you sliould 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 quarter pound and pound orders, it looks this year 

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

 even smaller quantities than these. 



T>EPORT of an interview one of ray representatives, visiting Cal., had 

 with Mr. Goodall, of Mitchell & Goodall, 124, 126 aud 128 AVashiug- 

 ton St., San Francisco, Cal., who have planted Maule"s XX Golden 

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

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

 out 8,000,000 plants of niy XX Golden Self-Blanching Celery, he found 

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

 possibly 50. They had y7.5 acres planted in celery (about 22,000 plants 

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



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MAULE S XX SELECTED STRAIN laOLDEN SELF BLANCHING CELERY 



Prices of Maule's XX Selected Strain Golden Self -Blanching Celery for 1914 : 



Packet, 15 cents; quarter ounce, 60 cents; 



half ounce, $1.10; ounce, $2.00; quarter pound, $6.00; pound, $22.50, postpaid 



178 



Dwarf Golden Heart 



A reliable half dwarf sort quite similar to Crawford's It is 

 a famous celery, producing handsome stalks of a rich green 

 color, bleaching to beautiful golden j-ellow, crisp and tender. 

 A strong grower and a good winter keeper. 

 Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents; ] pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.50. 



183 



Rose Ribbed Paris Self-Blanching 



DWARF GOLDEN HEART 

 CELERY. 



COLUMBIA CELERY. 



The most beautiful of all pink celeries. A sport of the cele- 

 brated Golden Self-Blanching, and equal to that variety in 

 all respects. It has the light golden yellow color of its parent,' 

 and blanches witli tlie same ease, diflering only in the bright 

 rose ribs. A good keeper. Height, 15 to IS inches. One of 

 the most truly desirable of the new celeries. 

 Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents; \ pound, 75 cents: pound, $2.50. 



180 Columbia 



This is a valuable celery to follow Golden Self-Blanching. 

 Stored at the same time it will be ready just as soon as the 

 Golden Self-Blanching is gone. The stalks are broad and 

 thick, almost round, solid and of the highest quality, and very 

 attractive in appearance. The foliage is of a distinct light 

 shade of green with a tinge of yellow. The plant is of me- 

 dium height, blanches easily and is a good winter keeper. 

 An excellent home or market sort. 



Pkt.. 10 cts.; ^ oz., 30 cts.; oz.. 50 cts.; \ lb., gl.SO; lb, $5.00. 



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