30— Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1914 



OULTURK.— Celery seed is slow to germin- 

 ate, and ample time must be given. Sow 

 thinly; cover lightly. Keep constantly 

 moist. Co\int 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 

 Celery 



The reason Maule's XX French grown Self-Blanching is in 

 such demand wherever good celery is appreciated is because it 

 gives the best money return for the labor. In quality it 

 ranks with the highest. It is equally in favor with the ama- 

 teur and the market gardener. It is dwarf to half dwarf, 

 growing 18 to 20 inches in height, wonderfully stocky, very 

 heavy, perfectly solid, of delicate flavor and a good keeper. 

 Added to these points is its great distintive feature of being 

 almost literally self-blanching. 



If wanted by the quarter pound or pound, you should send 

 in your order at as early a date as possible, as the seed is very 

 much scarcer than ever before, and while I have always been 

 able to fill quarter pound and pound orders, it looks this year 

 as if early in the season I would have to decline orders for 

 even smaller quantities than these. 



"OEPORT of an interview one of my representatives, visiting Cal., had 

 with Mr. Goodall, of Mitchell & Goodall, 124, 12(J and 128 Washing- 

 ton St., San Francisco, Cal., who have planted Maule's XX Golden 

 Self-Blanching Celery for years past, and have always been my largest 

 customers for seed of this variety. Mr. Goodall stated that in putting 

 out 8,000,000 plants of iny XX Golden Self-Blanching Celery, he found 

 but 6 pink stalks, about 12 White Plume, and very few green stalks, 

 possibly 50. They had 375 acres planted in celery (about 22,000 plants 

 per acre) every stalk was my XX French grown Golden Self-Blanching. 



MAULE'S XX SELECTED STRAIN GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING CELERY, 



Prices of Maule's XX Selected Strain Golden Self -Blanching Celery for 1914 : 

 Packet, 1 5 cents; quarter ounce, 60 cents; 

 half ounce, $1.10; ounce, $2.00; quarter pound, $6.00; pound, $22.50, postpaid 



DWARF GOLDEN HEART 

 CELERY, 



178 



Dwarf Golden Heart 



COLUMBIA CELERY. 



A reliable half dwarf sort quite similar to Crawford's It is 

 a famous celery, producing handsome stalks of a rich green 

 color, bleaching to beautiful golden yellow, crisp and tender. 

 A strong grower and a good winter keeper. 

 Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents; \ pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.50. 



1S3 Rose Ribbed Paris Self-Blanching 



The most beautiful of all pink celeries. A sport of the cele- 

 brated Golden Self-Blanching, and equal to that variety in 

 all respects. It has the light golden yellow color of its parent, 

 and blanches with the same ease, differing only in the bright 

 rose ribs. A good keeper. Height, 15 to 18 inches. One of 

 the most truly desirable of the new celeries. 

 Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents; \ pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.50. 



180 Columbia 



This is a valuable celery to follow Golden Self-Blanching. 

 Stored at the same time it will be ready just as soon as the 

 Golden Self-Blanching is gone. The stalks are broad and 

 thick, almost round, solid and of the highest quality, and very 

 attractive in appearance. The foliage is of a distinct light 

 shade of green with a tinge of yellow. The plant is of me- 

 dium height, blanches easily and is a good winter keeper. 

 An excellent home or market sort. 



Pkt.. 10 cti.: J oz.. 30 cts.: oz.. 50 cti.: lb.. $1,50: lb. $5.00 



