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SEED CATALOGUE 0/ L. L. 1V/T A V ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen 
"Northern Grown" Seeds Are Best 
May's New Cultured Celery and Cauliflower 
MAY'S GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING 
Celery 
HIS CELERY is of the genuine French strain and so far as 
we can learn is without a peer on the market. It gets 
its name from the rich golden color of its heart and leaves 
and the peculiar fact that without covering its outer 
stalks are white and tender. Although not the earliest 
variety on the market, it is an early celery, of heavy, com- 
pact growth, the stalks being thick, crisp and brittle, and the 
hearts large and solid. Its quality is excellent; tender, free from 
stringiness and of a delicious, pungent flavor. It blanches a 
beautiful waxen yellow and is the best market variety that we 
know — market gardeners generally planting it more extensively than 
any other kind. Packet 15c., J-^-ounce 75c., ounce $1.25. 
Cauliflower— Cultural Directions 
CAULIFLOWER mjuires much the same treatment as cabbage except that an 
added richness of soil is necessary to produce good heads. For the 
" A R L Y OR 
SUMMER 
CELERY 
Sow the 
seed under 
glass in 
February 
or in a 
well pre- 
pared 
seed 
bed in a 
sheltered 
corner o( 
the gar- 
d e n as 
early in 
the spring 
as the soil 
can be eas- 
ily worked. 
Cover with a 
little soil and 
firm down — keep- 
ing moist to quicken 
germination and vigor 
ous growth. The top 
leaves should be sheared oil 
once or twice to insure stocky 
plants and by the last of June 
these should be planted out in 
very rich well prepared soil 6 to 8 
inches apart in rows 3 or 4 feet apart, according to the variety 
and the soil. Press the soil well down around the roots, and if 
the weather is dry set them out in the evening, water well and 
shelter from the sun for a few da)s and when the roots of the 
plants are very long it is advisable to trim them to a length of 
about 3 inches, thus facilitating handling and making for shape- 
liness of the plants. Cultivat3 well until the middle of August then 
blanch by means of boards set up against the rows or by drawing 
the soil around the plants until they are covered to their tips, 
before doing which, however, the leaves of each plant should be 
drawn together to form a close head. 
ALWAYS OBTAIN YOUR SEED /rom May's Northern Cro'wn Slock if 
you want good Celery anid Cauliflower Seed. "Like Produces 
Like", therefore good selected Northern Grown Seed should be 
planted. Of the many varieties that claim public favor, we have 
selected only a few, and these the very best in cultivation. We aim 
to include in our lists all new sorts, which we have found by actual 
test are worthy of confidence, together with the best of the older 
kinds. Our motto is satisfaction to you. It will pay you to try 
us. If you have any complaint to make write us. promptly, state 
the facts plainly and we will give the matter our careful attention. 
Northern Grown Seeds very seldom leave cause for complaints. 
for General List of Vetetable Seeds, see pages 2 J to J3. 
earliest cauliflower sow % inch deep in hotbeds during Januarj' or Feb- 
ruary. When the second leaves appear, bolter and hardier plants will 
be obtained, if the shoots are transplanted to cold frames, leaving a 
space of about 3 inches each way, and as early as the ground can be 
worked in the spring set the plants out in the open ground 2 to 2^2 
feet apart each way — the soil being a warm rich fibrous loam, moist 
and occasionally dressed lightly with nitrate of soda and potash 
Cultivate until the leaves are large. When the heads begin to 
form, tie the leaves together over them with raffia to keep out the 
light and insure a delicate white flower which is not only more delicious 
to eat, but brings a much better price on the market, than the sun- 
ripened product. One ounce of seed will produce 3,000 plants, or the 
plants ready to set out may be bought from us. For late cauliflovx'er. 
to mature between .\ugust i ;ih and October loth, start the plants in the 
open ground as for late cabbage. 
MAY'S Snowball Cauliflower 
AFTER YEARS OF TRIAL this variety has superseded all others both for early 
. and late planting. It is more delicious and of a much finer quality 
than the large late cauliflower and is the one variety that is certain to head 
under ordinary conditions. It is t lie earliest of all. Its heads are perfect, round 
and snow white, averaging 9 inches, and often attaining 10 or 12, in diameter. 
It is of low-growing, compact habit, admitting of planting one-third more than any 
other variety in a given space of gror.- J. Packet 15c., M-ounce 75c., otmce $2.00. 
MAY'S GOLDEN SELF- 
BLANCHING CELERY 
S BOUND TO PLEASE 
THE MOST FASTIDIOUS 
SNOWBALL CAULIFLOWER 
