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CELERY — Continued. 



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New Early Arlington. The best for an early celery, of fine quality and 

 flavor, resembling very much the " Boston Market," growing somewhat 

 taller .' . . . . . . ■ . ... . . $0.10 $040 $3.00 



La Plume Chestnut. A very fine half-dwarf white variety, with large and 

 solid leaf stalks, which have a true chestnut flavor ; a vigorous and rapid 

 grower . ... . . . . 05 .40 3.00 



Sandringh am Dwarf White. Remarkable for fine flavor and solidity . .05 .20 2.00 



Henderson " White Plume." A variety with white inner leaves and 

 heart. The blanching is effected by closing the stalks, and drawing 

 the soil up around them with a hoe ; quality good, being crisp, and of a 

 nutty flavor . . 10 .60 6.00 



Soup Celery Seed. For flavoring . 05 .10 .50 



CELERIAC, or TURNIP-ROOTED CELERY. 



German, Knot Sellerie. — French, Celeri-rave. — Spanish, Apio raiz de Nabo. 

 One ounce will sow a bed of nine square yards. 

 The seed may be sown in the open ground in April, and the young plants nursed in the same 

 way as celery ; but, in planting out, the ground is manured and. dug, not trenched, and the plants 

 set in shallow drills twelve inches apart, watering freely. As the growth advances, draw the earth 

 to the plants, by which the knotty roots will be blanched, and made delicate and tender. 



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Erfurt Extra $0.05 $0.20 $2.50 



CHERVIL. 



German, Gartenkerbel. — French, Cerfeuil. — Spanish, Perifollo. 

 ©ne ounce will sow about one hundred feet of drill. 

 Cultivated like parsley. Sow thinly in May, in drills half an inch deep, one foot apart. Us* 

 while the leaves are young and tender. 



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Curled Chervil. The young leaves are used for garnishing, and flavoring 



soups $0.05 $0.20 $2.00 



CHICORY. 



German, Chichorie. — French, Chicoree. — Spanish, Achivoria de Cafe. 

 One ounce will sow a bed of four square yards. 



Chicory is cultvated chiefly for its roots, which are dried, and used as a substitute or flavoring 

 ingredient for coffee. The leaves, when blanched, are also esteemed as an excellent salad. Cul- 

 tivate as recommended for carrots. 



PKT. r>z. LB. 



Large Rooted or Coffee Chicory . . . . . ... . $0.05 $0.10 $1.00 



CORN SALAD, or FETTICUS. 



German, Lammersalat. — French, Mache. — Spanish, Canonigos. 

 One ounce will sow twenty square feet 5 six pounds will sow an acre. 



A vegetable used as a salad, and sold to a considerable extent in our markets. It is sown on 

 the first opening of spring, in rows of one foot apart, and is fit for use in six or eight weeks from 

 time of sowing. If wanted to come in early in spring, it is sown in September, covered up with 

 straw or hay as soon as cold weather sets in, and is wintered over same as spinach. 



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Large Leaved $0.05 $0.10 $1.00 



