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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



ties and stakes, when in a few days more it will be fit for use. 

 Care should be taken that the plants are not disturbed while 

 they or the ground are wet, as it would be sure to injure them. 

 A part of the crop may be simply " handled ^ and then at the 

 approach of severe freezing weather, taken up and set out 

 compactly; so that all but the tops of the leaves can be 

 covered with sand, in a dark cellar or an unused cold frame, 

 which can be kept just above the freezing point, and it will 

 then gradually blanch so that it may be used throughout the 

 winter. 



GOLDEN YELILOW I.ARGE SOLID Sold also as 



Golden Self -Blanching and is beyond doubt the best celery 

 for early market use. Plants of a yellowish-green color when 

 young, but as they mature the inner stems and leaves turn a 

 beautiful golden yellow, which adds much to their attractive- 

 ness and makes the work of blanching much easier. The 

 handsome color, crispness, tenderness, freedom from stringi- 

 ness and fine nutty flavor of this variety make it only neces- 

 sary to be tried in a given locality in order to establish its 

 standard of excellence as an early sort. 



Golden Yellow Large Solid. 



GOLDEN HEART.— A distinct variety of sturdy dwarf 

 habit. It is solid, an excellent keeper, and of fine nutty 

 flavor. When blanched, the heart, which is large and full, is 

 of a light yellow, making this an exceedingly showy and 

 desirable variety for both market and private use. 



BOSTON MARKET.— For many years one of the most 

 popular sorts in the markets of Boston. It forms a cluster 

 of heads instead of a single large one, and is remarkably 

 tender and crisp. The best variety for light soils. 



DAVARF WHITE SOLID.-Dwarf, white, of stiff, close 

 habit; solid, crisp and of fair quality. Said to keep in good 

 condition later in the season than any other variety. 



CRAWFORD'S HALF DWARF.-When blanched is of 

 rather yellowish-white color, and is entirely solid, possessing 

 the nutty flavor peculiar to the dwarf kinds, while it has much 

 more vigor of growth, surpassing most of the large growing 

 sorts in weight of bunch. 



GIANT PASCAL — This is a green leaved variety devel- 

 oped from the Golden Yellow Large Solid and has no superior 

 for fall and winter use. It blanches very quickly after earth- 

 ing up. when it is of a beautiful yellowish-white color, very 

 solid and crisp and of a nutty flavor, which cannot be equaled 

 by any other sort. The stalks grow broad and thick, a single 

 plant making a large bunch. Under high culture this variety 

 v.-ill give the best of satisfaction. Especially recommended 

 for the South, where it grows more satisfactorily than almost 

 any other kind. 



AVHITE PLUME.— While we are fully aware that this 

 variety has great merit as an early market sort, being as 

 early as any and requiring no more labor to blanch it than 

 Golden Yellow Large Solid, and is very attractive when fit 

 for use, yet> we do not think that it compares at all favorably 

 with the Golden Yellow either in flavor or solidity, or that it 

 will stay in condition to use nearly so long after it is earthed 

 up. Plants light yellowish-green with tips of leaves almost 

 white. As they mature the inner stems and leaves turn 

 nearly white and require to be earthed up but a short time 

 until they are in condition for use. Where a fine appearing 

 celery at a minimum amount of labor is the object, without 

 much regard to quality, this variety will give entire satisfac- 

 tion. 



White Plume. 



PERFECTION HEARTWELL.— The best flavored, 

 most crisp and tender' of the white varieties. The plants are 

 a little taller than the Crawford's Half Dwarf, and a httle 

 later in maturing. The stalks are medium sized, round, very 

 solid, crisp and tender, and of exceedingly fine and nutty 

 flavor. 



SEYMOUR'S WHITE SOLID.— A large sized, vigorous 

 growing variety; stalks white, round, very crisp, perfectly 

 sohd and. of superior flavor. 



INCOMPARABLE DWARF CRIMSON.— The red 

 varieties keep better through the winter, and are generally 

 considered to be of superior flavor, and they are yearly 

 becoming more popular. This is a dwarf sort, of deep, rich, 

 color, very crisp and of the highest flavor. 



Celeriac. or Turnip Rooted Celery. 



