32 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1914 



PERFECTED 



HITE PLUME CELERY. 



181 



Perfected White Plume 



{XX Selected Strain) 



This magnificent celery is improving from year to year 

 mider high culture and careful selection. It is a truly beau- 

 tiful type. ]S"o other celery naturally turns white upon reach- 

 ing maturity. All others require blanching with boards or 

 with earth. The Golden Self-Blanching naturally turns yel- 

 low, but this one turns white. Not only does the stem whiten, 

 but the leaf itself, especially every inner leaf, assumes the 

 attractive white color. This makes the White Plume Celery 

 one of the most showy ornaments that can be put upon the 

 Thanksgi™g or Christmas dinner table. As to succulence, 

 crispness and quality, the Perfected White Plume is all that 

 can be desired of a white celery. 



Packet, 10 cents; X ounce, 25 cents; ounce, 40 cents; 

 X pound, $1.10; pound, $4.00. 



184 ooston ma 



An old standard celery of widely- 

 known excellence. It is a vigor- 

 ous grower, with dark green 

 leaves, attaining a medium 

 height. It blanches quite easily, 

 and when ready for market or 

 table makes a good appearance, 

 is crisp, tender and fine flavored. 

 It is a good and reliable winter 

 keeper. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 

 25 cents; poiiutl, 75 cents; 

 pound, $2.50, 



188 



Celeriac 



BOSTON MARKET CELERY. 



Turnip rooted celery; an excel- 

 [j lent thing in its way. It is used 

 for flavoring, and is in wide de- 

 mand. Culture is the same as cel- 

 ery, as the roots are the edible 

 ^ portion it requires no hilling. Is 

 early and smooth. 

 Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 35 cts,; 

 pound, 75 cts.} pound, $2.50. 



Pink Plume 



One of the most beautiful and best flavoi'ed of all the celeries. It is 

 solid, crisp and nutty. Vigorous in growth and not likely to rust. It 

 blanches with almost as little trouble as White Plume. It is a strong, 

 healthy, compact grower, stems very solid and crisp; extra early and a 

 long keeper, remaining, when jiroperly banked or trenched, in perfect 

 condition away into the spring. Pink Plume is a self-blanching variety 

 in same sense that White Plume and American Yellow are. Extremely 

 popular for table decorations on account of its beauty and nutty flavor. 

 Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 50 cts.; 14 pound, ^1.505 pound, ^5.00. 



182 Giant Pascal or Winter King 



This choice celery has the sweet, nutty flavor of Golden Self-Blanch- 

 ing, of which it is an offspring. The stalks are about two feet high; 

 thick, solid and stringless, and almost as brittle as glass; fewer in num- 

 ber than in ordinary kinds of celery, but making full weight by reason 

 of width, thickness and succulence. It blanches easily and keeps well. 

 An elegant winter keeper for home or market. 



Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 30 cts.; 14 pound, 85 cts.; pound, $3.00. 



185 



Probably the most desir- 

 able winter celery ever intro- 

 duced, keeping until March, 

 April and even May if de- 

 sired. It is short, stout, 

 thick and heavy, with dou- 

 ble the amount of heart of 

 any other celery, a habit of 

 growth whicli Skives it truly 

 remarkable value. The fla- 

 vor is sweet, nutty and deli- 

 clous, leaving nothing to be 

 desired. It bunches up 

 iiandsomely, and presents 

 an attractive appearance on 

 the market stall. Winter 

 Q,ueen is a close compact 

 grower. It is a dwarf or 

 half-dwarf celery of about 

 the same size as Golden 

 Self-Blanching. It has, in 

 fact, many of the traits of 

 the Golden Self-Blanching, 

 and a far better keeper. The 

 leaves are light green, and 

 blanch to a creamy white. It 

 has become the most popu- 

 lar of all as a late winter 

 keeper, a favorite home or 

 market sort. Pkt., 10 cts.; 

 oz., 35 cts., lb., 75 cts.; 

 lb., $2.50. 



Winter Queen 



WINTER QUEEN CELERY- 



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