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HENDERSON'S SELECTED 



CULTURE. — Sow seed soon as frost is out of' 

 ground, aboid one-quarter inch deep. When seed- 

 lings are four inches high, they should be cut back 

 about one inch and transplanted into well 

 enriched soil. Set plants six inches apart in rows 

 three feet apart. For complete instructions see 

 Henderson's Celery Culture, sent free if asked for. 



HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR 



Golden Self-Blanching 

 Celery 



Stalks Thick, Crisp 

 and Brittle 



Blanches a Beautiful 

 Waxen Yellow 



An excellent variety of French origin. This is 



the variety growTi largely for market, but it is 



equaUj- valuable for the private garden. It is 



very early, blanches quicklj' and its rich color 



makes it quite attractive. The habit of the plant is 



short* and stocky; the stalks are Inroad, thick, very 



soUd, crisp and brittle, the quality is superb, tender and free 



from stringiness; flavor rich and dehghtful. It develops a 



large heart quite earlj- in its growth, which makes the greater 



part of the plant edible. It is fit for use early in September, 



and remains in use imtU the later ■winter sorts mature. Our 



seed is grown from a very select straiti and pronounced by expert 



Celery growers as verv superior. (See engraving.) 



Price, 10c. pkt., $1.00 oz., $3.75 M lb., $14.00 lb. 



Silver Self-Blanching Celery 



Thick, Pearly White Stalks. Perfect for Family Use. Everybody can 

 Grow this Celery and Blanch it, too 



Introduced by Peter Henderson & Co. in 1910 



346 This Celery can be gro^Ti by anyone who has ordinarily good soil. 

 Many people whose knowledge of gardening is limited to a few vegetables 

 have not attempted to grow Celery, supposing that it can be grown only 

 by an expert. 



There was a reason for such a behef when all varieties needed special handhng. 



Years ago, we introduced the first Self-blanching Celery and since then the 



improvement in varieties has been so marvelous that the Celery industrj' has 



been completely revolutionized. Cultivation by the amateur is now easy and 



surer to succeed. Indeed, there is an element of success even in partial failm-e, 



for though the plants may be smaUer than when grown by those with greater 



experience, the quality is hkely to be better. 



Silver Self-blancMng is a "sport" from the famous Golden Self -blanching, from which 

 it inherits its pecuharlj^ robust habit. At the same time, it has the perfect whiteness 

 of the old ^Vhite Plume, a most desirable blend of the essential quaUties of a Self-blanching 

 Celery. 

 It may be blanched very quickly, either by banking with soil, by supporting 12-inch 

 boards on edge against the row, or by the use of paper collars (see page 158), the object 

 of either method being to exclude the hght, which, of course, hastens blanching. The 

 qualitj' is excellent, and it can be used fully one month earher than the slow-blanching sorts. 

 Price, 15c." pkt., $1.25 oz., $4.00 M lb. 



Henderson's Easy Blanching Celery 



Introduced by Peter Henderson & Co. in 1915. {See also colored plate, page 24) 



Gaining in Popular Favor by Leaps and Bounds. Emphatically Distinct from Any Other Sort. The Easiest and Quickest to Blanch. 

 Excels All Late Sorts in Long-Keeping Quality. The Earliest and the Latest in One Row. 



332 This splendid Celery was named and introduced bj- us. It has already taken rank with other vegetables we have introduced, 

 many of which have achieved world-mde reputation. It has proved to be among the most valuable additions we have made to the 

 vegetable gardens of the world, and fit to take rank with the manj' famous varieties of vegetables with which our name is associated. 



Henderson's Easy Blanching Celery excels in the qualities that give Self-Blanching Celeries their value; it bleaches earher and 

 quicker than any of this class. It is the longest keeping variety grown (if put away green), exceUing in this respect every other sort. 



The plant is of medium height, of great vigor — having thick rather than broad stalks, vnth shallow ribs. The leaves are shghtly, 

 but densely crumpled, distinguishing it from anj- other variety. Its qualitj' is superb. The stalks are tender and brittle, and the 

 flavor extremely spicy and aromatic. Price, 20c. pkt., 3 pkts. for 50c^, 7 pkts. for Sl.OO, $1.75 oz., $5.50 J-^ lb., $20.00 lb. 



Tools and Implements for the Cultivation of Celery are Described on Page 158 of this Catalogue 



