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J. STECKXER SEED CO., I/TD., ALMANAC AND 



Consider it a first-class variety for the table, 

 and should be more cultivated. 

 * Half I/OHg I/UC. An excellent variety 

 from France. It is as early as any previ- 

 ously mentioned, but stump rooted and 

 larger. Verv smooth and of a fine color. 

 » St. Valerie. Also a French variety, 

 bright red in color; a little larger and longer 

 than the Half Long French, and stronger in 



the leaves. This is one of ihe finest car- 

 rots, and will in the course of time take the 



\ place of the Half Long. It is very smooth. 



V Oxheart, or Guerande- This is an 

 entirely distinct variety and deserving of 

 general cultivation. It grows three to four 

 iuches in diameter, is early, nearly oval in 

 shape, and the quality is all that can be de- 

 sired. 



CEEERI (Fr. 



Large White Solid. 

 Perfection Hartwell. 

 Dwarf Large Ribbed. 

 Golden Self Blanching. 



CELERY, 



SELLERIE (Ger.), Apio (Sp.) 



Large White Plume. 



Giant Pascal. 



Cutting or Soup. 



Celeriac or Turnip-rooted Celery. 



Sow in May and June for early transplanting, and in August and September for a later 

 crop. Saw thinly and shade during the hot months. When the plants are six inches 

 high, transplant into trenches about four inches deep, nine wide and two and a half feet 

 apart, made very rich by digging in rotten manure. Plants should be from 6 to 8 inches 

 apart. When planted out during the hot months, the trenches require to be shaded, which 

 is generally done by spreading cotton cloth over them; latanniers will answer the same 

 purpose. Celery requires plenty of moisture, and watering with soapsuds, or liquid ma- 

 nure, will benefit the plants a great deal. When tall enough, it should be earthed up to 

 blanch to make it fit for the table. Which can be commenced with when the plants are a 

 foot high. Best not to earth up too high at first, only when the final or last hilling up is 

 made. 



Giant Pascal Celery. 



Large White Solid- This variety used 

 to be planted exclusively, but since the in- 

 troduction of half dwarf and dwarf kinds, 



Dwarf Large Ribbed Celery. 



it has been dropped, more so by market 

 gardeners. It is crisp, but not as fine fla- 

 vored as the following kinds. 



Best of all Beans, we know of no better for all Purposes 



