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



Hendekson's Silver Seef-Blanching Celery. 



White Plume Celery 



Earliest Variety can be Blanched 

 September. 



White Plume Celery was introduced by us 

 years ago, and is now more popular than ever. 

 There is no trouble in blanching White Plume 

 for banking up is not necessary when wanted 

 early. The peculiarity of this variety is that 

 the stalk, portions of inner leaves and heart 

 are white naturally, so that it can be blanched 

 in a few days by simply leaning boards against 

 it. Though one of the most popular early 

 sorts if grown similar to late varieties it will 

 be found a very good keeper, which is not 

 generally known. Unfortunately, the variety 

 has always had a tendency to revert to the 

 old green type, but persevering selection for 

 years enables us now to offer an almost absolutely pure stock. At the same time 

 we have been selecting for size until we can now justly claim to have the heaviest 

 stock offered, with broad, symmetrical ribs. A strain so superior that we felt 

 justified in calling it " Henderson's Perfected White Plume." {See cut.) Price, 

 10c. pkt., 30c. oz., $1.00 i lb., S3.25 lb. 



"Your Perfected White Plume Celery was the freest from green of any White Plume I ever grew," 



SOLON P. POWELL, Findlay. 0. 



"I raised your White Plume Celery last year and it was the finest 1 ever saw — 32 inches high and 

 very heavy. Some stalks I weighed when ready for market, and they tipped the scales at 2\ pounds." 



J. D. BAMBERGER. Fort Dodge. Iowa. 



"/ have been awarded the Gold Medal for my exhibit of Perfected White Plume Celery {grown from 

 your seeds) at the A.Y. P. Exposition just closed at Seattle, Wash. It may interest you to know that 

 I purchased the seeds from you." /. jj. HALE. Elma. Wash- 



Combines the grand qualities of the two 

 most popular celeries grown. The sturdy, 

 solid habit of Golden Self - Blanching. 

 The exquisite color and earliness of 

 White Plume. :: :: :: :: :: 



This grand Celery is easily described to 

 Celery experts when we say that it is a 

 Golden Self-Blanching plant with White 

 Plume coloring; it possesses the robust, 

 sturdy, compact habit of Golden Self- 

 Blanching, the stalks being even thicker, 

 more solid and heavy, with immense 

 solid hearts and all brittle, crisp and 

 tender, free from string or pithiness, 

 and of delightfully rich flavor. 



To these ideal qualities are added 

 the beautiful silvery-white coloring 

 and self-blanching characteristics 

 of White Plume, that is, the foli- 

 age is tipped and variegated with 

 white, while the heart, inner stalks 

 and leaves are naturally white, 

 and the plants may be easily and 

 quickly blanched by leaning boards 

 on either side of the row, without 

 the necessity of banking up. This, 

 combined with its extreme earliness, 

 will render Henderson's Silver Self- 

 Blanching perhaps the most valuable 

 Celery for the market ever introduced. 

 {See cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 50c. oz., 

 $1.50 i lb., $5.00 lb. 



"Just a word or two of esteem in respect to your Silver 

 Self Blanching Celery. It is the acme of Perfection in 

 every respect, surpassing any and every kind in my experience. 

 I congratulate you on such an introduction." 



JOHN F. STEVENS. Paterson, N. J. 



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