FIELD CARROTS. 



IMPROVED SHORT WHITE. — A compara- 

 tively new half long, tapering carrot, extremely 

 heavy at the shoulder, and an enormous cropper. 

 The crown is light green in color, but below ground 

 the root is pure while, both skin and flesh. The 

 root tapers gradually from shoulder to point, the 

 root shape insuring heavy yield and ease In har- 

 vesting. I regard this as one of the most profitable 

 field carrots that can be grown. The root is 

 smooth, and the llesh rich, solid and crisp, and of 

 excellent flavor and feeding value. It is quite a 

 distinct variety, and I wish to especially direct 

 attention to it. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 

 \i pound, IS cents; pound, 45 cents. 



LOBHERICH'S AGRICULTURAL, No crop. 



LARGE WHITE VOSGES Suited to shallow 



soil. When other varieties require digging, Vosges 

 may be pulled. Flesh and skin are white, quality of 

 the very best. Pkt., 6c; oz., 10c; \< lb., 15c; lb., 45c. 



LARGE WHITE BELGIAN. — Large size and 

 very productive, but coarser than table varieties. 

 Used entirely for stock feeding. Packet, 5 cts.; 

 ounce, 10 cts.; % pound, 15 cts.; pound, 40 cts. 



LARGE YELLOW BELGIAN. — Similar to 

 white, except the color. Price the same. 



CELERY. 



IMP. SHORT WHITE CARROT. 



Culture.— Celery seed is slow to germinate, and must be 

 sowed with care, and covered very lightly with the finest 

 soil, and kept constantly moist. It may be started under 

 glass; but seed for main crop is always sowed in the open border and trans- 

 planted to garden or field. I recommend smooth seed rows 2 or 3 incqes wide, 

 with the seed scattered thinly thereon. If set in the Held in 4-feet rows, inches 

 apart in row It will require over 20,000 plants per acre. Allow 4 ounces seed per 

 acre; 7,500 plants per ounce. When the seedling plants are 3 inches high their 

 tops should be clipped, to favor stocky growth. Trench culture has been mostly 

 abandoned for level culture, as the self-blanching sorts require little hilling. In 

 private gardens it is best to plant late celery in double rows, and store it where 

 It grows, without disturbing the roots. In market gardens it is planted in single 

 rows, and lifted for winter storage. The "new celery culture' contemplates 

 close planting (10x15 Inches) on rich land, careful cultivation and sell-blanching. 



PERLE LE GRAND 



WHITE PLUME. — No other celery in the market, except Golden Self- 

 Blanching, has the wonderful merit possessed by the White Plume in its self- 

 whitening ability. In other words blanching is a natural feature of its mature 

 growth. This renders the While Plume and the Golden Self-Iilanchlng lnvalu- 

 able to amateurs; Both are always popular with market gardeners. Succulence, 

 flavor and crispness depend upon < uickness of growth, and 1 therefore recom- 

 mend amateur gardeners to make the celery ground very fertile, and to give 

 abundant water during the period of growth, so as to promote quick develop- 

 ment. White Plume celery thus treated will be simply perfect, possessing the 

 highest palatability and the rarest beauty. Nothing can be more toothsome in 

 autumn than this delicious celery, and nothing can exceed this variety as a 

 table decoration at Thanksgiving or Christmas. Sow seed in April, 6et out in 

 July, cultivate well, handle once, draw the soil toward the row with hoe or culti- 

 vator, and the celery will be ready for use in October without banking. Packet, 

 10 cts.; ounce, 25 cts.; J4 pound, 75 cts.; pound, S2.50. 



PERLE LE GRAND This new celery is making 



a great record, and I take pleasure in offering it to my 

 customers. Perle le Grand is very handsome and 

 stocky, of close growing, upright habit, and with a 

 golden heart. The flavor is sweet and pronounced; 

 indeed, some people consider it unequalled in any 

 other celery. The stalk is large in girth and heavy 

 in weight, giving the bunches an exceedingly hand- 

 some and attractive appearance on the market stall, 

 where it always sells readily. It may be used early or 

 late as it blanches easily. It is an excellent winter 

 keeper, sometimes outlasting all other sorts 1n the 

 trenches. I have no hesitation in urging my custo- 

 mers to try Perle le Grand. Packet. 5 cents; ounce, 

 25 cents; \\ pound, 75 cents; pound. S2.50. 



NEW DWARF LARGE RIBBED — An excellent 

 hut no longer new variety. It. is comparatively short, 

 as its name implies; very solid, of delicious, nutty fla- 

 vor, pearly white when blanched, and an extra good 

 keeper. The ribs are lar^e and crisp, and the whole 

 stalk Is remarkably robust. It is of compact growth, 

 and may be closelv planted. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 

 15 cents; % pound. 50 cents; pound, SI. .50. 



BOSTON MARKET. — An old standard sort of 

 widely known excellence. When blanched it is crisp, 

 tender and fine flavored. It is of medium height, but 

 a vigorous grower. It will blanch earlv and is a good 



keeper. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; lb., 50 cts.; lb., S1.50. BOSTON MARKET. 



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