HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR SEEDS FOR MARKET GARDENERS. 



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CELEKY. 



G OLDEN SELF BLANCHING 



Henderson's Superior Stock. {French grown only.) 

 This grand variety of French origin is becoming more 

 popular every year and is now one of the most extensively 

 grown sorts, both for private use and for market. It is as 

 early as White Plume, and possesses the same self-blanching 

 characteristics and is of heavier and more compact growth, 

 the stalks being thick, crisp and brittle while the hearts are 

 large and solid, all blanching a beautiful waxen-yellow; the 

 quality is superb, tender and free from stringiness; flavor 

 rich and delightful. Our seed is grown from a very select 

 strain and pronounced by expert Celery growers as very 

 superior. (See cut.) Price, 15c. pkt., $1.25 oz., $4.25 }- lb., 

 $16.00 lb. 



"I have as good an advertisement for your SELF BLANCHING CELERY 

 SEED as you could wish for — out of 355 crates of fine celery I only cut one 

 hollow stalk while some people around here have had one-third of their crop 

 thrown out for such cause." CARL A. BAUMEISTER, Sanford, Fla. 



E= Easy Blanching 



The Earliest of All Green-Keeping; Varieties and the Most Easily Blanched. 

 The Needed " Fill-Gap" Between Early Fall and Late Winter. 



This splendid, New Early Winter Celery blanches easily 

 between the early fall varieties and the late winter keepers. 

 It therefore fills the long-needed gap between the two classes, 

 being in prime condition for use immediately after the Golden 

 Self-Blanching type and before WinterQueenGiant Pascal etc., 

 are ready. The plants are'of robust growth, sturdy, upright, 

 and compact, so they may be grown almost as close as early 

 Celeries. The heart stalks are very broad, thick, and solid, 

 free from pithiness, small-ribbed, stringless, and when blanched 

 are purest ivory-white, tender crisp, and of surpassing quality 

 and flavor. The unblanched natural coloring of the plant 

 throughout is of a lighter green than other winter Celeries 

 and although it equals the latter class in hardiness yet it is 

 almost as easily and quickly blanched as the early varieties. 

 Price 20c. pkt., 3 pkts. 50c. 



— WINTER QUEEN CELERY. — — - 



THE FINEST OF ALL FOR WINTER AND SPRING USE. 



This variety has been bred from the standard long-keeping celery — Hender- 

 n's Golden Dwarf — over which it is a grand improvement. It has the same 

 robust, stocky growth — requiring but little labor in earthing up for blanching — 

 and makes heavy, broad and solid heart stalks, free from pith and string, which 

 blanch creamy-white and are so crisply tender that, held by the head, a stalk 

 will almost break of its own weight. In quality it is not surpassed by any celery 

 grown, the esteemed " sweet, nutty flavor " being noticed the moment tasted. 

 It is so hardy in constitution that neither heart nor outside stalks are liable 

 to rot when trenched for the winter, keeping well into late spring in prime con- 

 dition. In bunching there is Very little waste, for the enormous hearts require 

 but little trimming. We consider this the very best type and strain of winter- 

 keeping celery in existence. (See cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 30c. oz., 90c. \ lb., $3.00 lb. 



GIANT PASCAL CELERY. — 



A popular variety for winter use; of vigorous, sturdy growth, 

 making immensely thick and heavy stalks and large heavy hearts, 

 all remaining deep green until blanched by earthing up or being 

 stored for winter. It blanches to a cream-yellow, when the stalks 

 are extremely brittle, entirely stringless and exceedingly crisp; 

 flavor rich and nutty. Price, 30c. oz., 85c. J lb., $2.75 lb. 



Henderson's Golden Dwarf Celery. 



EXTRA SELECTED STOCK. 



This standard winter celery has a large heart with solid, 

 fleshy stalks, first green, then golden, medium tall. The broad, 

 heavy stalks are always solid to the centre and when stored ifi 

 banks, trenches or Celery houses, the hearts blanch to a beautiful 

 golden hue. In bunching there is very little waste, for the enor- 

 mous hearts require but little trimming. 



This variety now constitutes the great bulk of main crop 

 Celery in all sections. Price, 25c. oz., 75c. 1 lb., $2.50 lb. 



FOR OUR COMPLETE LIST OF CELERIES (12 VARIETIES) SEE PAGE 36. 



