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This labor saver is the outcome of a long-felt need by an experienced celery 
grower who had difficulty in procuring sufficient help at celery blanching 
time, causing him to invent this machine. With it two men can place in 
position celery blanching paper at the rate of an acre a day. One man 
draws the machine, the other follows and thrusts in the wire arches every 
3 or 4 feet to hold the paper in position. The machine rides on four 
wheels and straddles the row, carrying a roll of paper on each side of the 
row which unreels as fast as the man can walk. The paper runs between 
the celery and two hinged runners with vertical rollers which are held by 
tension springs against the celery, thus pressing it up and together with the 
paper against it so that the usual preliminary operation of ‘‘ handling’”’ 
is unnecessary. The tension may be loosened or tightened so the runners 
will adapt themselves to large or small celery. The wheels can be raised 
or lowered so the paper will unreel at just the right height. 
The machine weighs about 80 pounds and measures over all 33 inches 
wide and 50 inches long. The height can be regulated from 27 to 31 inches. 
““R. and D”’ Celery Blanching Paper is recommended as the best. Net 
Price of Earl’s Patent Celery Blanching Paper Placer, $50.00 f. 0. b. New 
York. 
“KR and D’ PATENT CELERY BLANCHER. 
This celery blancher is a paper made specially for the purpose from a patented 
compound, it is odorless, tough and strong, not affected by wet nor by extremes 
of heat and cold and if cared for can be used over and over again for years. It 
is easily and quickly placed in position, costing less than half the price of boards 
it greatly reduces the expense of blanching a crop of celery by either boards 
or banking. Where it is to be used the rows may be just far enough apart 
to permit of horse cultivation, say 30 inches, which would allow about 25% 
more plants to be grown on the same area than if the celery was to be banked. 
As this blanching paper conforms to the foliage excluding all light, the celery 
blanches quickly, is clean and bright, and not so susceptible to rust and heart 
rot even if blanched in warm weather. 
The ‘‘R. and D.’’ Celery Blancher comes in rolls of convenient length and 
weight to be easily handled. It is usually placed on both sides of the row at 
the same time and fastened up, three men being required, one on each side to 
unwind the paper from the upright unwinding pipes; the third man following 
Transplants all kinds of plants at any required distance, and at the same time water is deposited 
to thrust in the wire arches every 3 or 4 feet. . These straddle the row and hold 
the paper in position, the ends being held together with clothes-pins. 
If the ground is uneven, leaving openings beneath for light to enter, these 
apertures may be closed with earth thrown up with spade or with a horse hoe. 
After use the paper should be reeled up again by using the ‘‘ Re-winder.”’ 
Net Prices of ‘‘R and D’’ Celery Blancher and Accessories. 
(F. 0. b. New York.) 
10 inches wide, in 100 ft. rolls, weighing 25 lbs. each, $13.00 per 1000 running feet 
12 inches wide, in 100 ft. rolls, weighing 30 lbs. each, $15.00 per 1000 running feet 
Galvanized wires for making arches to hold the Blancher in place, put up 
straight in bundles of 500 wires: 
42 in. long, No. 12 wire, for single rows, $4.00 per 1000. 
48 in. long, No. 10 wire, for double rows, $7.50 per 1000. 
Un-winders, pipe with bottom metal disc, 50c. each. 
Re-winders, for reeling up the Blancher, $5.00 each. 
Wire Bender. With it one can man bend 2000 wires an hour, $3.00 each- 
THE AUTOMATIC PLANT SETTING MACHINE. 
at the roots and the covering rollers pack dry earth around the stalk, which cannot bake and which 
retains moisture underneath. In front of the opening plow there is an adjustable cleaner which clears 
away the loose stones and lumps of dirt which otherwise might be backed around the roots or stalk, 
thus it will work in stony ground. The machine is drawn by two horses and the work is done by a 
driver and two boys, who do the operating. It plants one row at a time and can transplant from 
4 to 6 acres a day, according to the distance between plants and the skill of the droppers. The rows 
may be 30 inches apart or as much wider as desired. One foot apart in the rows is about as close as 
ordinary operators can transplant but when expert, they can operate fast enough for celery. Plants 
may be set deep or shallow, and the quantity of water to each regulated from 1 to 6 barrels an acre. 
An automatic check valve or water trip lets water through a hose extending in behind the shoe or 
furrower, just before setting the plants. Roots are not doubled up as in hand planting, plants start 
to grow quicker, mature more evenly, and the grower is independent of labor and has no lame back— 
no delay in planting on account of dry weather. Plants are set straight, allowing close and quicker 
cultivation. It is easy of draft and a thoroughly good machine in every respect and will last a lifetime. 
This Transplanter has been fullly tested on all kinds of soil, and can be operated and worked satis- 
factorily on any ground on which you wish to transplant tobacco, cabbage, celery, tomatoes, etc., 
and is guaranteed to do the work. Price (mel) $55.00, or with Fertilizer Attachment $70.00. 
Send for Henderson’s Implement Catalogue. It describes and illustrates a full line of Implements and Tools for Farm and Garden. 
