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Silver Self-Blanching Celery 



Combines the grand qualities of the tvvo Most Popular Celeries grown 



THE STUKDY SOLID HABIT OF 



==GOLDEN SELF^ BLANCHING =^= 



THE BEAUTIFUL COLORING AND EARLINESS OF 



WHITE PLUME 



THIS grand new Celery we quickly describe to Celery experts, by stating that 

 it is a Golden Self-Blanching 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 delightfulh' rich flavor. 

 To these ideal qualities are added the beautiful silvery-white coloring and 

 self -blanching characteristics of White Plume ; that is, the foliage is tipped 

 and variegated with white, while the heart, inner stalks anri leaves are nat- 

 urally white, and the plants may be easily and 

 quickly blanched by leaning boards on either 

 side of the row, without the necessity of "bank- 

 ing up." This grand combination of merits, 

 including earliness, renders Henderson's Silver 

 Self-Blanching perhaps the most valuable 

 Celery ever introduced. (See cut.) Price, I5c. 

 pkt., "75c. oz., $2.00 1 4 lb., $7.00 lb. 



"Your Silver Self-Blanching Celery I found last year to be far 

 ahead of White Plume both for earliness and quality." 



JOHN FR.ANCE, Cornish, N. J. 



" Your Silver Self-Blanching Celery was fine. I have a few 

 stalks in the pit yet {February lylh) in good order. Some of them 

 weighed i>A lbs." GEORGE BRINER, Columbia, Pa. 



"Just a word or two of esteem regarding your Self- Blanching 

 Celery. It is the acme of perfection in every particular. I con- 

 gratulate you on the introduction of such, which surpasses any and 

 every kind of Celery in my experience." 



JOHN F. STEVENS. Paterson, N. J. 



" Your Silver Self-Blanching Celery is the best Celery I ever 

 grew. We had some ready for the table by July ^d — and in Sep- 

 tember it was the finest Celery ever seen. Some of the heads weighed 

 j% lbs., and half a dozen tipped the scales at 14% lbs. You can- 

 not speak too highly of it." T. HUNT,Ogdensburg,N.Y. 



" / had splendid success with the Silver Self-Blanching Celery, 

 last year. It was pronounced bv all as the most delicious ever 

 eaten. JOHN .4. PE.AKE. North Lyme. Conn. 



HENDERSON'S PERFECTED 



\A/hite Plume Celery 



The EARLIEST Variety Grown 

 Can be Blanched for the Table in September 

 "Banking Up" not Necessary 

 \A/HITE PLUME CELERY was introduced by us and is now 

 " " more popular than ever. The peculiarity of the self- 

 blanching celeries is that they will blanch naturally without the 

 laborious banking up which is essential to ordinary sorts. It is 

 as easy to grow White Plume Celery as any other vegetable. If the 

 stalks are drawn together when the plant is three-fourths grown 

 and the soil drawn to or pressed around the plant it will soon be 

 fit for use. Boards are sometimes placed close up to the plants, 

 but the result is not so satisfactory as by contact with the earth. 

 At maturity, the plant is highly ornamental. Its ample white 

 heart and variegated leaves present a beautiful appearance. The 

 delicate flavor of its crisp, succulent stalks is unequalled. Our 

 stock of this grand old vegetable is finer to-day than ever and we 

 are fully entitled to name it "Henderson's Perfected White 

 Plume." (See cut.) 



Price, 10c. pkt., 45c. oz., $1.25 14 lb., $4.50 lb. 



"Your White Plume Celery, last year -.las the finest I ever raised. I knew 

 almost nothing about celery growing but after all had a fine crop of the best celery 

 we ever tasted. Had all we could use from September to the middle of January." 

 Mrs. A. W. FOSTER, Kansas City. Kan. 



"After an experience in Celery culture for many years, your White Plume was 

 the best we ever had. The stalks were while from root to leaf and when prepared 

 for the table measured 23 inches. Everybody said it was the most beautiful celery 

 they ever saw." T. B. McILWAIN. Napiers. Ont.. Canada. 



"I have been awarded the Gold Medal at the .Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition — 

 just closed at Seattle. Washington — for my exhibit of Celery which I grew from your 

 Perfected White Plume Seed." J. H. HALE. Elma. Wash. 



" I raised your White Plume and have the finest celery I ever saw. It was 32 

 inches high and very heavy. Some stalks when trimmed weighed 2% lbs." 



J. D. BAMBERGER. Fort Dodge. Imva. 



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