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CELERY 
One ounce for 3,000 plants 
Culture.— This vegetable can be grown as easily 
as beans. Plant seed in hotbed or very early open 
ground. Transplant 4 inches apart, when 3 inches 
high, in rich soil finely pulverized; water and protect 
until well rooted, then transplant into rows 5 to 6 
feet apart, either on surface or in well-manured 
trenches a foot in depth, half filled with well-rotted 
manure. Set the plants from 8 to 12 inches apart. 
To blanch, draw earth around the plants from time 
to time, taking care not to cover the tops of the 
center shoots. For winter use in the family, Celery 
needs to be hilled up only 8 inches. 
Boston Market. Of superior quality and is 
very popular among Celery-growers living near 
Boston. It is of a very mild flavor and extremely 
tender and crisp. It forms a cluster of heads instead 
of a single large one, and should be blanched by 
earthing up. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., }^lb. 75 cts., 
lb. $2.25. 
Giant Pascal. A superior-keeping sort. Stalks 
are very large, thick, solid, crisp and of rich, nutty 
flavor. Blanches easily and quickly; retains its 
freshness a long time. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., }i\b. 
90 cts., lb. $2.25. 
Improved White Plume. Naturally white; most 
popular variety of Celery; very large, ornamental 
and in quality surpassed by none. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 
25 cts., ] 4 \b. 75 cts., lb. $2.75. 
Golden Self-blanching. American-grown seed 
and a sort requiring but little labor to cultivate. 
Hard; rich golden yellow, with light yellowish green 
outer leaves. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts., F^lb. $1.25. 
Giant Golden Heart. A selection from Dwarf 
Golden Heart, which it resembles, but grows larger 
and is a better keeper; a favorite with market-gar- 
deners. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts., ]^\b. $1. 
Improved White Plume Celery 
CORN, Sweet or Sugar 
One quart will plant 200 hills; 10 quarts to an acre 
Culture. — Sweet or Sugar Corn, being liable to rot in cold or wet ground, should not be planted before 
May, or until the ground has become warm. For a succession continue planting every two weeks until 
the middle of July, in rich, well-manured ground, in hills 3 feet apart each way, covering early sorts 1 inch, 
early and late sorts, I inches, and thin out to three plants to a hill. Extra-early varieties can be planted 
18 inches apart in the row and 2% feet between the rows. 
Packet ol any variety of Sweet Corn, 10 cts., postpaid 
Metropolitan. An extra-early variety, a few days earlier than Cory. It produces large ears, growg 
feet high, ears set low; quality good, being sweet and sugary. Pt. 10 cts., qt. 15 cts., pk. $1. 
Evergreen Sweet Corn 
