30 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1912 



CELERY. 







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Culture. — Celery seed is slow to germin- 

 ate, and ample time must be given. Sow 

 thinly; cover lightly. Keep constantly 

 moist. Count on about 7,500 plants per ounce of seed, or % pound per 

 acre. When the seedling plants are 3 inches high they should be 



clipped at the top, to favor stocky growth, or else transplanted. Celery 

 is mostly grown under flat culture, without trenches, in rows 4 feet apart, 

 6 inches apart in row. For home use celery is often grown in double 

 rows, 10 inches apart, without trenching, and banked for winter storage 

 just where it grows, without lifting. 



175 



Maule's XX Selected Strain 



Golden 

 Self-Blanching 



I consider myself headquarters for what is today the most 

 popular and profitable celery in cultivation. Unfortunately 

 the crop is shorter than ever, and prices are astonishingly 

 high. My first order for this variety in 1911 was booked in 

 Aug., 1910, 100 pounds for $700, and the only reason I accepted 

 this order was because it was from one of my oldest and best 

 customers. This year my first order was from the same cus- 

 tomer, 100 pounds for §1,000, a special price made for the same 

 reason as I made it in 1911. 



One of my representatives last September sold to 43 of my 

 customers, old celery growers, in Arkport, N. Y., 54J pounds 

 of this seed in one day at §12.00 per pound. I found out in 

 the fall that if I continued selling my XX Golden Self Blanch- 

 ing Celery at $12.00 per pound, I would not have a pound left 

 by January, owing to the limited supplj', consequently it was 

 compulsory to advance the price to §15.00. When this cata- 

 logue goes to press I will have about 400 pounds left to sell. 



All my old friends know I have not sold a pound of any- 

 thing but French grown Golden Self Blanching Celery for 

 years. I have paid ten times as much to my French growers 

 as I could get this seed grown for in America. I would not 

 touch California grown seed as a gift. The short crop in 

 France last year was occasioned by the floods which we all 

 know about; this year's failure was occasioned by the dry 

 weather. I do not want to appear alarming, but from present 

 appearances I will have less seed to sell next year than I have 

 this. Notwithstanding the high price I have to ask for this 

 seed, it seems to be in greater demand than when I got only 

 $4.00 and So.OO a pound for it. The reason is that XX Golden 

 Self Blanching Celery is always in demand wherever good 

 celery is appreciated. It gives the best money returns for the 

 labor. In quality it ranks with the highest. It is equally 

 in favor with the amateur and market gardener. It is dwarf 



MAULE'S XX SELECTED STRAIN GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING CELERY. '! 



to half dwarf, growing 18 to 20 inches in height, wonderfully j 

 stocky, very heavy, perfectly solid, of delicate flavor and a 

 good keeper. Added to these points is its great distinctive 

 feature of being almost literally self-blanching. Early orders 

 are solicited, for as stated above, my supply is even more lim- 

 ited than last year. As long as it holds out, I shall sell what 

 I have at $15.00 per pound by mail postpaid ; 10 pounds or 

 more $14.00 per pound by express at purchaser's expense. 



Prices of Maule's XX Selected Strain Golden Self-Blanching Celery for 1912 : 

 Packet, 15 cents; quarter ounce, 50 cents; half ounce, 80 cents; ounce, $1.50; queu'ter pound, $5.00; pound, $15.00; postpaid. 



A FIELD OF MAULE'S XX SELECTED STRAIN GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING CELERY 



