GENERAL LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



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CELERY. (Sellerie.) 



A very popular and now extensively grown vegetable. 

 It can be grown with good success in any ordinary 

 good soil, but attains perfection in deep mellow bottom 

 land. For the early crop sow a small quantity of seed 

 in a hot-bed, not before the middle of March, however; 

 for if sown too soon it is liable to run to seed after 

 being transplanted. When your plants are of sufficient 

 size, transplant to another bed to insure good strong 

 plants. For the main crop sow in open air just as 

 soon as the weather and condition of the soil will per- 

 mit. Seed must be sown very shallow, or if the ground 

 is fine, it is as well to sow right on the surface and 

 press down to the soil with a board. After your plants 

 are ready for transplanting, draw out shallow furrows 

 about two or three inches in depth, with a narrow 

 hoe, in well-prepared ground. The rows should be 

 from four to six feet apart, according to the variety 

 of Celery — narrow for the dwarf and wide for the tall. 

 Set the plants about six inches apart in the rows, using 

 care to have the soil pressed firmly around the roots. 

 Cultivate and keep clean from weeds until it is ready 

 to earth up. When ready for blanching draw up to the 

 stalks a portion of earth at intervals of about two 

 weeks, until attaining a sufficient height to cover all 

 that portion of the stalks which is intended to be 

 bleached. For preserving that which is to be kept foi 

 winter use, place in narrow or deep trenches in a dry 

 situation, with a covering of boards and sufficient 

 manure and soil on top of it to keep out the frost, leav- 

 ing openings at short distances for ventilation when 

 ever the weather is mild. 



'One ounce will produce about 7,000 plants. 



"Giant Pascal." This variety is a selection 

 from the Golden Self-blanching Celery which 

 has become so popular; it partakes of the best 

 qualities of that variety, but is much larger and a 

 better keeper. It is of a fine, nutty flavor, being entirt-ly free 

 from any bitter taste. It grows about two feet high ; the 

 stalks are very broad, thick and crisp, and entirely string- 

 less; the width and thickness of the stalks are distinctive fea- 

 tures of this variety. It bleaches with but slight "earthing 

 up" and very quickly, usually in five or six days. Likely to 

 prove a most valuable variety for both early and midwinter 

 use. 5 cts. per pkt.; oz. 30 cts.; lb. 90 cts.; lb. $3. 



Bouquet or Fern-Leaved. Entirely distinct from all 

 others in its foliage, which is curled like parsley; it is solid 

 and of good quality, but does not grow so stalky as others. 

 Pkt. 5 cts,; oz. 40 cts. 



Crawford Half-Dwarf. Another excellent variety, yel- 

 lowish white in color when bleached; very solid and crisp, 



Bouquet, White Plume and Rose Celery. 



and possesses a rich nutty flavor; stalks very bunchy; a 

 vigorous grower and a splendid keeper. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 25 

 cts.; li lb. 80 cts.; lb. |2.80. 



White Plume. This new celery has become very popu- 

 lar. Very desirable for summer or fall crop, but being a 

 poor keeper it will not do to store away for winter use. It 

 possesses the valuable quality of being verj' easy to bleach. 

 Its stalks, inner leaves and hearts become white without any 

 banking whatever when the plants have obtained a good size. 

 Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 35 cts.; % lb- $L25; lb. %i. 



Golden Dwarf or 

 Golden Heart. Cultivat- 

 ed to a great extent. Its 

 hearts and inner leaves 

 become, when bleached, 

 a beautiful golden yellow 

 color, making it very at- 

 tractive in appearance; 

 in size and habitof growth 

 it does not differ materi- 

 ally from the half dwarf 

 sorts; it is very solid, a 

 good keeper and of the 

 finest quality. Pkt. 5 cts.; 

 oz. 25cts.; 1^ lb. 80 cts.; 

 lb $2.80. 



Perfection Heart- 

 well. It is a type of the 

 Golden Dwarf, but more 

 vigorous in its growth, 

 and produces larger 

 hearts and more of them; 

 it is easily bleached; very 

 sweet and tender and a 

 fine keeper; it will not 

 fail to give the best satis- 

 faction. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 25 cts 



Golden Dwarf. 



M lb. 80 cts.; lb. $2.8 



