PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE IMPLEMENTS. 



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REDUCE THE LABOR AND COST OF BLANCHING YOUR CELEKY CKOP ONE^HALF BY USING 



'^K and D^' INDESTPsUCTIBLE CELERY PAPEK 



WITH IT CELERY BLANCHES QJJICKER, BETTER, CLEANEK, BMGHTER AND EARLY CELERY IS NOT SO SUBIECT TO FkOT 



The difference in time and cost of labor in placing the "R and D" Celery 

 paper and of carrying and placing boards is often sufficient to pay for the paper 

 in one crop, without counting the cost of boards. 



This celery paper is made specially for blanching celery from a patented 

 compound, it is odorless, tough and strong, not affected by wet nor by extremes 

 of heat and cold and if cared for can be used over and over again for years. It 

 is easily and quickly placed in position, costing less than half the price of boards 

 and greatly reduces the expense and labor of blanching a crop of celery by 

 either boards or banking. Where it is to be used the rows may be just far 

 enough apart to permit of horse cultivation, say 30 inches, which would allow 

 about 25% more plants to be grown on the same area than if the celery was to 

 be banked As this blanching paper conforms to the foliage excluding all 

 light, the celery blanches quickly, is clean and bright, and not so susceptible 

 to rust and heart rot even if blanched in warm weather. 



The " R. and D." Celery Paper comes in rolls of convenient length and 

 weight to be easily handled It is usually placed on both sides of the row at 

 the same time and fastened up, three men being required, one on each side 

 to unwind the paper from the upright unwinding pipes; the third man follow- 

 ing to thrust in the wire arches every 3 or 4 feet. These straddle the row 

 and hold the paper in position, the ends being held together with clothes-pins 



If the ground is uneven, leaving openings beneath for light to enter, these 

 apertures may be closed with earth thrown up with spade or with a horse hoe. 

 After use the paper should'be reeled up again for future use by using the "Re- 

 winder." 



Net Prices of "R and D" Indestuctible Celery Paper 

 and Accessories. 



10 inches wide, in 100 ft. rolls, weighing 25 lbs. each, $1.50 per roll or $13.00 



per 1000 running feet 

 12 inches wide, in 100 ft. rolls, weighing 30 lbs. each, $1.75 per roll or $15.00 



per 1000 running feet 

 Galvanized wires for making arches to hold the paper in place, put up 



straight in bundles of 500 wires: 



42 in. long. No. 12 wire, for single rows, 50c. per 100 or $4.00 per 1000. 



48 in. long. No. 10 wire, or double rows, $1.00 per 100 or $7.50 per 1000. 



Unwinders, pipe with bottom metal disc, for reeling off the paper, 50c. each. 



Re-winders, for reeling up the Blanching paper. So. 00 each. 



Wire Bender. With it one man can bend 2000 wires an hour, $3.00 each. 



KEDUCE THE LABOK AND 

 COST OF BLANCHING YOUR 

 CELERY CROP ONE^HALF BY 

 USING " R and D " INDESTRUCT^ 

 IBLE CELERY PAPER AND EARL'S 

 PATENT CELERY PAPER 

 PLACER. 



EAKL'S PATENT CELEKY PAPER PLACER. 



AS ILLUSTRATED ABOVE 

 WITH IT TWO MEN CAN WITH EASE PLACE AND FASTEN CELERY BLANCHING PAPER IN POSITION AT 



THE RATE OF AN ACRE A DAY 



This labor saver is the outcome of a long-felt need by an experienced celery 

 grower who had difficulty in procuring sufficient help at celery blanching time 

 causing him to invent this machine. With it two men can place in position 

 celery blanching paper at the rate of an acre a day. One man draws the ma- 

 chine, the other follows and thrusts in the wire arches every 3 or 4 feet to hold 

 the paper in position. The machine rides on four wheels and straddles the row, 

 carrying a roll of paper on each side of the row which unreels as fast as the man 

 can walk. The paper runs between the celery and two hinged runners with 

 vertical rollers which are held by tension springs against the celery, thus press- 

 ing it up and together with the paper against it so that the usual preliminary 

 operation of "handling " is unnecessary. The tension may be loosened or 



tightened so the runners will adapt themselves to large or small celery. The 

 wheels can be raised or lowered so the paper will unreel at just the right height. 



The machine weighs about SO pounds and measures over all 33 inches wide 

 and 50 inches long. The height can be regulated from 27 to 31 inches. Ordin- 

 ary Building or Roofing Paper may be used. It comes in rolls 3 feet wide and 

 is simply sawed while in the roll into three one-foot widths. But the "R. and D" 

 Indestructible Celery Blanching Paper offered above is recommended as the 

 best, although its first cost is higher. Net Price of Earl's Patent Celery Paper 

 Placer, SSO.OO f. o. b. New York. 



Note: The price may seem high, bul -uhen the cost o/ labor, for bankint on 

 acre of Celery with earth, or the purchase of boards and placing in posUion is 

 considered, it uitl be seen thai this machine ■aill pay for Use!', in one days use. 



