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HENDERSON'S TESTED 



VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



MOVELTIES JIMD SPECIALTIES 



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 ABOUT SHIPMENT 



VEGETABLE SEEDS Purchased in Packets, Ounces and 1 /4 lbs. are DELIVERED FREE by Parcel 



Post, Express or Freight at our Option IN THE UNITED STATES. 



Purchaser Pays Carriage on Pints, Quarts, Pecks, and Bushels or over. For Details, See Page l. 



A FAMOUS NEW CELEKY 



HENDERSON'S 

 Easy- Blanching Celery 



(ILLUSTRATED IN COLORS ON THE OPPOSITE PAGE) 



THE EASIEST AND SUREST TO GKOW 



THE QUICKEST AND EASIEST TO BLANCH 



THE SAFEST AND EASIEST TO KEEP 

 Almost Stringless Sprightly Flavor Superb Quality 



We are of the opinion that the introduction of Easy-blanching Celery will mark an 

 epoch in Celery culture for the home garden. We believe that it will prove to be among 

 the most valuable additions we have made to the vegetable gardens of the world, fit to 

 take rank with the most famous varieties of vegetables introduced by us, and with which 

 our name is associated. We offer it with the greatest confidence in its merits, and feel 

 assured that eventually it will be more widely planted than any other sort now offered. 



The plant is of medium height; extremely vigorous, having thick rather than broad 

 stalks, with shallow ribs. The leaves are slightly, but densely crumpled, which distin- 

 guishes it from any other variety. Its quality is superb. The stalks are tender, brittle, 

 extremely spicy, aromatic in flavor and most attractive in appearance. 



By planting Henderson's Easy-blanching Celery, the amateur can now produce Celery 

 equal in quality to that which formerly could be grown only by skilled men with years 

 of experience. 



Late Celery requires more work, such as handling, banking and trenching to fit it for 

 use, and is not ready for the table until quite late in the season. The self-blanching sorts 

 are weaker in constitution and lack in keeping quality, the late sorts slow to grow and 

 exacting in the work required. Thus each class has deficiencies which are supplied in this 

 new variety. 



Henderson's Easy-blanching Celery should be grown the same as any other variety 

 until the handling process. For quick blanching, twelve-inch boards may be set on edge 

 on either side of the row, holding them in place with soil at the base and wiring the tops 

 together as tightly as practicable. The same result can be secured by banking with soil in- 

 stead of boards, or by using Celery Blanching Paper as shown on colored plate opposite. 

 For small gardens, the Ball Celery Bleacher may be used. (For particulars of both see the 

 Implement portion of this Catalogue, pages 188 and 189.) 



To keep Henderson's Easy-blanching Celery for winter, it must be green when trenched, 

 and if so put away, it will keep longer than any other variety. Price, 20c. pkt, 3 pkts. for 50c. 



MARKET GROWERS PRAISE HENDERSON'S EASY-BLANCHING CELERY 



" / have been growing Celery for market for forty years, and never knew of any other kind that would blanch 

 up so quickly as Easy-blanching. It makes a big heart and looks good in the bunch." 



Oct. 12, 1914. GEO. DORN, Boulevard, Jersey City, N. J. 



" We like your Easy-blanching Celery very much. Will plant lots of it this year. Some of our customers 

 said it was the best Celery they ever ate." N. P. GUSTAFSON, Batavia, III. 



"I purchased some Easy-blanching Celery from you 

 last year on a trial and am marketing it now. The 

 gardeners here are all surprised at this variety blanch- 

 ing so easily and so quickly. It is a fine slock, the best 

 1 ever saw, and is belter blanched today than the Self- 

 blanching, and furthermore, has not one hollow or soft 

 stalk in the whole crop. The name Easy-blanching fits 

 it very well, and as far as I can see, this variety can 

 be highly recommended. It is a good seller, and I am 

 going to plant much more of it next year." 



Oct. 6, 1914. W. BRUNSWICK, 



Gray Road, Winlon Place, Ohio. 



"I grew your Easy-blanching Celery last year, and 

 found it not only the quickest and easiest to blanch, but 

 equal to the best later sorts in keeping quality. 



"It should be put away in trenches as late as possi- 

 ble (about November 20th around here) and without 

 blanching in the field. I just throw enough soil to the 

 row to give the plants an upright growth, to make it easier 

 to handle when trenching. In this way it will keep better 

 than any other sort I ever grew." 



Oct. 14, 1914. LOUIS KOELSCH, 



West Side Ave., Jersey City, N. J. 



°<Zhlt£ s Peter Henderson in 1847 isn K™ edon Charles Henderson gr a a nd ds h ^ Peter and Howard M. Henderson 



founded by 



by his son 



