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Celery — Continued 



golden-yellow heart, 

 Packets, 5 and 10c. ; 



Giant Golden Heart Olery 



branching habit. Is solid, crisp and desirable. 



Hartwell's Perfection. Magnificent, large, 

 of superior quality, excellent winter market sort, 

 ounce. 15c.: H lb.. 40c.: lb.. $1.25. 



The Schumacher Celery. We have been selling this splendid 

 \ariety to satisfied customers for several years past, and we believe 

 that we have the purest strain that is offered. The stalks grow to 

 .in immense size, and are perfectly solid and crisp. It has a firm and 

 beautiful golden heart, and the flavor is first-class. Packet, 5 and 10c. ; 

 ounce, 15c.; H lb., 40c.; lb., $1.25. 



New \Jinter Queen Celery. Is beautiful in appearance, of close 

 habit and compact growth, and blanches to a beautiful cream white. 

 Ribs perfectly soUd, crisp, and of a delicious, nutty flavor. Packets, 

 5 and 10c. : ounce, 15c.; 14 lb., 40c.; lb., $1.25. 



Giant Pascal Celery. This is a selection from the Golden Self- 

 Blanching. The stalks are very large, thick, solid, crisp, and a rich 

 nutty flavor, free from any taste of bitterness. It blanches very 

 easily and quickly, and retains its freshness a long time after being 

 marketed. The heart is a golden yellow, very full and attractive. 

 Packets, 5 and lOc; ounce, 15c.: 14 lb-. 40c.: lb., $1.25. 



Our New "Victory" Celery. Its beautiful, large, full golden 

 fieart and compact growth make it an ornament hard to surpass. It 

 13 a remarkable keeper, maintaining its firmness as late as May. It 

 :s readv for market by December. Packets, 5 and 10c. ; ounce, 20c.; 

 34'lb., '40c. :1b., $1.25. 



Bolgiano^s Golden Heart Celery. This is the old standard sort 

 which has satisfied gardeners these many years. It is crisp, solid, 

 handsome, the most excellent flavor, with a beautiful golden heart. 

 It holds its own against all the new sorts. Packet, 5 and 10c. ; ounce, 

 15c.; 1^ lb. 40c.; lb.. $1.25. 



White Plume. This famous variety, which is of an entirely dis- 

 tinct type of this popular vegetable, should be grown only for fall and 

 early winter use. Pkts., 5 and 10c.; ounce, 20c.: 341b., 50c.; lb., $1.25. 



Boston Market. A variety grown exclusively by the Boston mar- 

 ket gardeners. It has the peculiarity of forming many stalks by its 

 Packet, 10c. ; ounce, 15c.; H lb., 40c.: lb., $1.25. 



Cress 



(Kresse) 



Coltntv. Sow thickly in shallow drills, every two or three weelc!. It should be cut often and it will continue to grow. It is useful not only 

 for salad, but for the breakfast table and for garnishing. True Water Cress should be sown in damp soil; or. if a stream of water can be utilized, 

 they will be mn«h fimer. They will also thrive well in damp hotbeds. Rightly managed, their culture is very profitable. To obtain early salad, it 

 is a good p'lan to sow with Water Cress seed a strip 4 inches wide on the outer margin of a hotbed, inside the frame, where it is always cool. 



Celeriac or Turnip-rooted Celery 



fKNOLLE CELLERIE) 



True Water Cress. It thrives when its roots and stems are sub- 

 merged in water. It is one of the most delicious of small salads. The 

 seed should be sown and lightly covered in gravelly, mucky lands, 

 along the borders of small, rapid streams. Packet, 5c.: ounce, 30c.: 

 34 lb., $1.00; lb., $3.00. 



Curled Garden Cress. The seed should be sown in drills about 

 sixteen inches apart on very rich ground, and the plants well cultivated. 

 Packets, 5c.; ounce, 10c. ; 34 lb., 20c.: lb., 50c. 



Wild Garden Cress. Largely used for pork salad; has a delicious 

 pungent taste. Packet, 5 and 10c. ; 1 ounce, 15c.; J^ lb., 40c.; lb., $1.25. 



Corn Salad 



(Ackersalat) 



Turnip Rooted Celery 



One ounce will sow about eighteen square feet and six pounds will 

 sow an acre. 



Broad Leaved (Large Seeded). A delicious salad, used during the 

 winter and spring months as a substitute for lettuce, and is also cooked 

 and used like spinach. Sow in spring in 

 drills one foot apart. It will 

 mature in six weeks. For 

 early spring use sow in Sep- 

 tember and winter over like 

 spinach. Pkts., 5c.; ounce, 

 10c. ; 34 lb.. 15c.; H lb., 

 20c.; lb., 35c.; 5 lbs., $1.50. 



Celeriac 



Culture of Root Celery. Sow the seed the same season and give same treat- ^ 



ment as common celery. Transplant the young plants to moist, rich soil in rows ~^^--3 

 two feet and six inches apart in the row. 



New Large, Smooth, Prague Celeriac. A new and quite distinct sort, roots ^^"^ saiad 



being very smooth, large and round. They may be cooked and sliced and eaten with Vinegar. Packets, 5 and 10c. ; 

 ounce, 15c.; }4 lb., 40c.; lb., $1.25. 



