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The Ball Celery Bleaching Tubes 



JUST THE THING FOR QUICKLY AND EASILY 

 BLANCHING EARLY CELERY 

 ELIMINATES THE LABOR OF "BANKING UP" OR BUYING, HUNT- 

 ING UP AND PLACING BOARDS. JUST SLIP ON A "BLEACHING 

 TUBE" AND IN 10 TO 15 DAYS HAVE WHITE. CRISP, LUSCIOUS 

 CELERY. 



The Ball Celery Bleaching Tubes are of specially manufactured heavy 

 paper, waterproofed, and with care may be used over and over again for 

 several years. The celery plant is simply drawn together and the tube 

 slipped over it (if the Spring Brass Celery Handler is also used it facilitates 

 the operation) ; all light is then excluded and the celery blanches beauti- 

 fully in from 10 to 15 days' time. If there are any openings beneath the tube, 

 an inch or two of soil drawn around the tubes will shut out the light. 

 Celery' blanched with tubes is sweeter and cleaner than that blanched by 

 banking, for there is no earthy flavor as with the latter, and no soil 

 with the frequent accompaniment of worms gets down into the heart 

 stems; and besides celery may be had for the table very much earlier 

 in the fall, because by using tubes they may be placed over the plants 

 at any time after the celery is large enough, even in hot. moist weather 

 which would cause banked celery to rot. The free circulation of air around 

 the plant inside the tube allows it to dry out quickly after a rain. Customers 

 who use these tubes place a few for first early — say, 12 or 25 tubes over as 

 many plants — and in a week or 10 days later tube another lot of plants, then 

 as the tubes are removed from the first lot they are placed over other celery 

 plants; in this way a continuous supply of fresh, crisp, sweet and delicious 

 celery is always ready for the table until freezing weather. For the benefit 

 of those who have used only the soil method of bleaching we mention that 

 celery should be nearly full-grown before putting on our bleaching tubes. 

 At this time, with plenty of moisture, heart growth is very rapid. Under 

 these conditions celery will often be in prime condition in from 8 to 14 days 

 after putting on the tubes. 



These bleaching tubes are generally used on early celery in the Northern 

 and Middle States, also in the South where the temperatures are too high for 

 soil bleaching. For best results they should not be used for bleaching when 

 freezing temperatures occur at night. They bleach best when outside tem- 

 perature is from 50 to 75 or more degrees. If you desire to bleach the green 

 or late varieties of celery it is best to put on the bleachers a week or more 

 earlier so" as to give a longer period for the growing of the heart, as the outside 

 stalks don't bleach very well. All plants should, of course, be large enough 

 to reach above the top of the bleaching tubes at the time that you put them on. 



Green celery treated in this manner makes a superior product. For the late 

 or winter crops where a clean and superior celery is desired these bleachers 

 can be put on just before banking with soil; they will prevent dirt from enter- 

 ing the heart of the plant. When used in this manner the bleachers can be 

 only used once, but the superior results — sanitary cleanliness and freedom 

 from dirt — more than compensate the cost, especially for private use. 



The 6x12 size is usually used on medium or average size celery; the 6J4* 

 13 for large stalks. The 7x14 is best for very big celery, especially the green 

 varieties, which usually grow much larger than the self-blanching kinds. 



The bleachers should hug the celery close, but not tight. If an unusually 

 large plant is encountered trim off a few leaves. 



PRICE OF THE BALL CELERY BLEACHING TUBES 



6 xl2 inches 30c. doz. $1.75 per 100 S16. 00 per 1000 



6^x13 " 35c. " 2.00 " " 18.00 " 



7 xl4 " 40c. " 2.50 " " 20.00 " 



(Mail weight, about 2 lbs. per doz.) 



The Ball Lightning Celery Handler 



When putting on the paper bleaching tubes, it facilitates the operation 

 by using the Ball Lightning Celery Handler. This is a spring brass imple- 

 ment which gathers up the foliage so that the bleaching tubes can be placed 

 without damage to the plant. This operation is demonstrated in picture. 

 With a little practice a boy can place 3,000 to 4,000 tubes a day. Price, 

 $3.50 (mail weight. 3 lbs.). 



Bird Netting 



TO PROTECT FRUITS, 

 VEGETABLES, ETC. 



What is more exasperating than to 

 anticipate a liberal picking of some 

 fruit to find when you reach the gar- 

 den that your bird neighbors have 

 been there before you and consumed 

 or destroyed the ripest and choicest 

 berries, grapes or cherries, of which 

 some birds are voraciously fond. Let- 

 tuce and peas are often ravaged by 

 birds, even flowers are not immune 

 from their attacks, and they revel 

 among some plants' ripening seeds. 

 All this may be obviated by shutting 

 the birds out with bird netting. 

 This is a good quality cotton net- 

 ting of 1 inch mesh and comes in 20 



foot and 30 foot widths and of any reasonable length. Price, $1.50 per 100 



square feet; P. P. 1 lb. 



Patent Protecting Cloth 



Prepared to prevent mildewing 

 and rotting; valuable for protect- 

 ing plants from frost, covering hot- 

 beds and frames in spring in lieu 

 of glass, for Chrysanthemum 

 houses. One yard wide. 



PRICES 



Heavy Grade, per piece of 



50 yards TS15-00 



Medium Grade, per piece 



of 50 yards 10.00 



Plant Protectors 



These protectors are well made — a wood frame- 

 work covered with good white muslin which is 

 drawn to a knob at the top to be used as a handle. 

 The uprights project below the bottom bow and 

 thrust into the ground, acting as an anchor to 

 prevent the protectors from being displaced by 

 the wind. These projecting legs also permit the 

 protectors to be raised and held slightly above 

 the ground when greater ventilation is desirable. 

 The protectors are so shaped that they nest one 

 into another like flower pots for storage and 

 shipment. They will last for years with good 

 care and may be used over and over again for 

 advancing the growth of tender plants and pro- 

 tecting them from frosts. Tomatoes, melons, 

 cucumbers, egg plants, peppers and many other 

 garden vegetables and flowering plants may be 

 safely set out much earlier than usual by using 

 these Plant Protectors, which will also be 

 found useful for shading lettuce and spinach 

 during hot weather — which without some shade are apt to quickly bolt to 

 seed. These protectors are also valuable placed over newly set out plants, 

 preventing them from wilting, as they give just the right shade. 



PRICES 



No. 1 — 9 inches diameter by 12 inches high $3.00 doz.: $23.00 per 100 



No. 2 — 12 inches diameter by 15 inches high.. . . 3.50 " 27.00 



Twemlow's 

 OldEnglish 

 Glazing Putty 



A semi-liquid putty that we find 

 superior to any other of similar 

 character for glazing greenhouses 

 and hotbed sash. We use it with 

 a Scollay's Rubber Putty Bulb. 

 ^ and if the putty is too thick at 

 H times, we thin it with a little 

 boiled linseed oil. When so thinned 

 it can be brushed into any crack 

 or leak, making a solid filling. For bedding glass in. for filling era 

 seams in roof joints and frames it is splendid, being impervious to moisture; 

 and when set on dry wood it does not heave and will not crack nor peel. 

 One gallon glazes about 300 lineal feet. Price, 1 quart. 75c.; gallon, $2.i>0. 

 Rubber Putty Bulbs lor applying. $1.00; P.P. 1 lb. 



Prices of IMPLEMENTS, FERTILIZERS and INSECTICIDES are subject to change without notice 



