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Large White Solid, 



Giant Pascal Celery. 



type, and it has always produced a proportion of green plants, 

 but persevering selection for years enables them now to pro- 

 duce an almost absolutely pure stock far superior to any that 

 has ever been offered. Our stock was obtained from the 

 originator. 



Giant Pascal. This is a selec- 

 tion from the New Golden Self- 

 Blanching Celery; it partakes of 

 the best qualities of that variety, 

 but it is a much larger and better 

 keeper. It is of a fine nutty flavor; 

 grows about two feet high; the 

 stalks are very broad, thick and 

 crisp, entirely stringless; the width 

 and thickness of the stalks are 

 distinctive features of this kind. 

 It bleaches with but little "earth- ,.-.: 

 ing up" and very quickly, usually e 

 in five or six days. 



Celeriac or Turnip-Rooted. Is 

 very popular in some parts ofi 

 Europe, and should be more cul- 

 tivated here. It should be sown in 

 the fall of the year, and transplanted 

 six inches apart. When the roots 

 have obtained a good size, they are 

 boiled, scraped off, sliced and dress- 

 ed with vinegar, etc., as a salad. -^^S 



Celery for Soup. This is sown -J 

 in the spring of the year, broad- ' 

 cast, to be used for seasoning the 

 same as Parsley. Perfection Hartwell Celery. 



New Orleans Market Cucumber should be planted before any other. 



