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



Hendeksons Silver Self-Blanching Celery. 



"I send you a photograph (shown above) of my Silver Self-Blanching Celery. 

 They averaged 2 pounds to the plant trimmed for market. All were blanched with 

 boards. I realized $1,400 from the 50 thousand." WALTER HALE, 



El ma. Wash. 



"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. 1 congratulate you on such an introduction." JOHN F. STEVENS. 



Paterson, N. J. 



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 foliage 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, 15c. pkt., 60c. oz., $1.75 \ lb., $6.00 lb. 



HENDERSON'S PERFECTED WHITE PLUME CELERY. 



The Earliest Variety can be Blanched in 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 \ lb., $3.60 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 I ever 

 saw — 32 inches high and very heavy. Some stalks I weighed when ready 

 for market, and they tipped the scales at 2J pounds." 



J. D. BAMBERGER. Fort Dodge, Iowa. 



Elma, Wash., October 22, 1909. 

 "I 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." 



(Signed) J. H. HALE. 



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