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



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REDUCE THE LABOR AND COST OF BLANCHING 

 :: :: YOUR CELERY CROP ONE^HALF BY USING :: 



"R and D" Patent Celery Blancher 



and Earl's Patent Celery Blanching Paper Placer. 



Please place your order soon. 

 To be shipped at any time you 

 desire. These articles being 

 made to order we wish to get 

 some idea of the quantity to 

 have ready. P. H, &■ Co. 



EARL'S PATENT CELERY BLANCHING PAPER PLACER. 



AS ILLUSTRATED ABOVE. 



This labor saver is the outcome of a long-felt need by an experienced celery 

 grower who had difficulty in procuring sufficient help at celeiy 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. Ordin- 

 ary Building or Roofing Paper may be used. It comes in rolls 3 feet wide and 

 is simply sawed while in the roll into three one-foot widths. But the " R. and D" 

 Celery Blanching Paper is recommended as the best, although its first cost 

 is higher. Net Price of Earl's Patent Celery Blanching Paper Placer, $50.00 

 f. o. b. New York. 



"R 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 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.o.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. 



Tin-winders, pipe with bottom metal disc, 50c. each. 



Re-winders, for reeling up the Blancher, $5.00 each. 



Wire Bender. With it one man can bend 2000 wires an hour, $3.00 each. 



