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Xlie Best Carrots a.nd. Celersr. 



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TJANVEItS HALP-LONG. An enormously productive Car- 

 rot, well adapted to all soils. The rich, dark orange roots 

 are very smooth, thick and fine in appearance, being inter- 

 mediate between Short- Horn and Long Orange inform. Pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. lo cts., Klb. 30 cts., lb. $1. 

 -HALP-LONG NANTES. Very popular for market; similar to 

 Half-Long Stump- Rooted, but larger. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 

 14:1b. 30 cts., lb. $1. 



QX-HEAB.T, or GUER.ANDE. The roots of this Carrot are 

 of handsome and peculiar shape, very short, smooth and 

 thick, and well adapted to shallow soils. Frequently they 

 have a diameter of three or four inches ; the quality is very 

 good. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb- 30 cts., lb. $1. 



LAItiGE YELLOW BELGIAN. A very productive variety, 



■ grown exclusively fo/ stock-feeding. The roots are very 

 ' large, but coarse and less nutritious than other sorts. Oz. 10 

 cts., J^lb. 20 cts. , lb. 60 cts. 



LAKiGE WHITE BELGIAN. A white-fleshed variety, sim- 

 ilar to the above. Oz. IOC, Klb. 20c., lb. 60C- 



LABGE WHITE VOSGES. One of the best and most pro- 

 ductive Carrots for stock-feeding, and especially suited to 

 shallow soils. The roots are white-fleshed, very broad at the 

 shoulder, and narrowed abruptly to a point. Oz. 10 cts., 

 Klb. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. 



Celery. 



(Sellerie.) 



RISP, tender, white stalks of Celery form one 

 of the most tempting, popular and healthful 

 relishes that can be placed upon the table. 

 They can be grown successfully in any good 

 soil, but are finest on deep, mellow bottom 

 latKl. Seed for early crops should be sown 

 in hot-beds about March 15 ; if sown too 

 early, the plants are apt to run to seed 

 after being transplanted. The plants may 

 either be thinned to give them room to 

 grow, or transplanted to another bed to 

 grow until it is time to plant them in the open ground. For the 



A Bouquet of New Rose and White Plume Celery. 



main crop, seed should be sown in the open air as soon as the 

 soil and air are warm enough. They should be covered very lightly, or merely pressed into the earth with a board, if the soil is fine and 

 mellow. The seed-bed must be kept free from weeds and well watered in dry weather. When the plants are large enough, transplant 

 them to shallow trenches or furrows from 4 to 6 feet apart, according to the variety grown, setting the plants 6 inches apart in the rows 

 and pressing the soil firmly around them. They must be well cultivated and kept free from weeds until ready for blanching, which 

 consists in drawing earth up to the stalks at intervals of about two weeks until all but the tops of the plants are covered. During this pro- 

 cess no earth should be allowed to fall into the center of the plants, as this would cause them to rust or decay. Celery may be kept for 

 winter use in pits or cellars, or in deep, narrow trenches, in a dry situation ; the latter must be covered witli boards and suflficient soil 



and manure on top to ke^p out the frost, leaving openings for ventilation in mild 

 (luce about 2,000 plants. 



GOLDEN DWABP, orXrOLDEN HEART. A very attractive variety, 

 ■V blanched ; the stalks are solid, crisp and nutty in flavor, 

 ' th6 half dwarf sorts. Pkt. s cts., oz. 30 cts., Klb. 80 cts., 



er at short distances. An ounce of seed 



ill pro- 



eart and inner leaves a beautiful golden yellow when 

 The plant does not differ materially in habit from 



WHITE PLUME CELERY, 



SELECT STOCK. 



tram of this seed is fullv 96 per cent. pure. 



A very popular market , variety, easily blanched, 

 andsomest sorts grown. In large plants .the stalks, 

 eaves become white without any blanching. Good 

 er^crops but does not keep well enough for winter use. 

 appearance sells it readily in market, bu^tthe quality of the 

 not so^ood as in some less showy soajjj^^r very early mar- 

 however, few varieties surpass itm^^X. 5 cts., oz. 35 cts., 

 lb. 90 cts., lb. $3.40. =^ 



HEARTWELL. A choice selection from Golden 

 Dwarf, but more vigorous in growth and with heart larger and closer- 

 fowing. The stalks are easily blanched, crisp, tender and of good 

 flavor, keeping tintil quite late. One of the very best varieties ; a lit- 

 tle taller than Crawford's Half-Dwarf and a little later in maturing ; 

 the best-flavored, most crisp and tender of all the white varieties ; sure 

 to give satisfaction. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts., Klb. 85 cts., IK S3. 00. 

 CRAWFORD HALP-DWARF. A vigorous, bushy-growing and late- 

 keeping Celery, with solid, crisp, nutty-flavored stalks, blanching to 

 vellowish white. The stalks are so solid and close growing that the 

 variety surpasses manv taller-growing sorts in weight iper bunch, 

 kt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts., Klb. 80 cts., lb. •S2.80. 



GIANT PASCAL. A selection from the popular Golden Self-Blanching, 

 partaking of all the best qualities of that variet}-, but larger in growth 

 and better keeping. The stalks are remarkably broad and thick and 

 about 2 feet high, yet blanch quickly with hut slight banking; their 

 rich, nutty flavor is' entirely free from any bitter taste, and thev are 

 tende, crisp and stringless ; likejy to Aijjijiijiiiiijiijii^iiifiifi'ij^iiiii'f 

 be a valuable sort for both early and tIt 



late use. This variety is especially * ^eE COLLECTION OF ^ 

 recommended for culture in the south, tit VEGETABLES, ^■ 



where it has given great satisfaction '£ dacv mvco ' 



both in growth and quality. Pkt. 5 cts., back COVER. 



oz. 35 cts., Klb. 90 cts., lb. $3.40. ^Hifijfijf^jf-^.^jf^ji^'^jji^jijji^jiiifiifjjf^^^ 



