JEROME B. RICE SEED COMPANY, CAMBRIDGE, N. Y. 
CABBAGE 
Red Rock. The largest and surest heading red cabbage. 
Succession (Henderson’s). One of the very best 
second early cabbages; heads very large, flattened 
and solid; largely grown in the South for shipment 
to northern markets. Our stock is superior. 
Surehead (Rice’s). An exceptionally fine, dependable 
cabbage of the Flat Dutch type. A splendid keeper. 
Savoy, Perfection Drumhead. The best winter-keeping 
Savoy type; heads late, round, compact and solid. 
Savoy, Prizewinner. The most attractive and solid¬ 
heading of this group. Heads fairly large and 
intensely savoyed. 
Stein’s Early Flat Dutch. An early and excellent type, 
with medium stem and hard, round, solid heads. 
Stone Mason Drumhead (Warren’s). One of the best 
main crop sorts with large, firm, broad heads. 
Wisconsin Hollander No. 8. A yellows-resistant strain 
of Danish Ballhead and desirable for growing in 
sections infected with disease. 
Better buy Better Seeds than 
to WISH you had 
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CHINESE OR CELERY 
CABBAGE 
Chihli. The most desirable of the Chinese Cabbages 
as well as the earliest and most sure to head. Plants 
of upright growth, producing long, cylinder-shaped, 
very solid heads. See illustration above. 
Pe Tsai. This variety makes an upright growth and 
produces an elongated head which blanches a creamy 
white; very mild in flavor. 
Wong Bok. The heads of this variety are broader than 
Pe Tsai and leaves fold tighter, making a more 
compact plant. 
Chinese Cabbages do best when seed is sown in the fall when one sows turnips and succeed better when thinned 
rather than transplanted. Seed sown too early will cause the plants to shoot to seed. 
CELERY 
Culture .■— Sow seeds in a hotbed or coldframe. As soon as the plants are about 3 inches high, transplant to a nicely 
prepared bed in the border, setting them 4 or 5 inches apart. When about 8 inches high, and fine, stocky plants, 
set them in the trenches. Earth up a little during the summer, keeping the leaf stalks close together, so that the soil 
cannot get between them. Finish earthing up in autumn, and never hoe or earth up in moist weather, nor when 
the plants are moistened with dew as it will cause rust. 
To preserve celery for winter, dig trenches 1 foot in width and as deep as the top of the plants. Stand the celery 
in these, erect as they grew, with what dirt adheres to the roots, packing closely, but not crowding. After the trench 
is filled it should be covered with straw or leaves as a protection from frost. Do not cover until the weather becomes 
quite cold, and then only a little at a time, as the cold becomes greater. Celery will bear a good deal of frost. The 
trench must have good drainage. 
One ounce will produce 7,000 plants 
DWARF GOLDEN SELF BLANCHING 
This variety is without doubt the finest early celery 
and more generally cultivated than any other. Plants 
compact and stocky, with yellowish-green foliage; 
stalks perfectly solid and blanch a handsome golden- 
yellow color; of fine nutty flavor. 
Easy Blanching (Sanford Superb). Resembles Golden 
Self Blanching, though two weeks later. It is also 
more hardy, less liable to blight; has green foliage, and 
stalks blanch white instead of yellow; an excellent 
keeper as well as an early celery; quality the best. 
Improved White Plume. A popular very early variety; 
leaves light bright green; blanches silvery white. 
EMPEROR, OR FORDHOOK 
A valuable selection from Columbia and follows Self 
Blanching in season. We consider this one of the finest 
varieties for fall or winter use. Plant quite dwarf and 
stocky, with large, full, light yellow heart; stalks are 
broad, thick and crisp. 
Giant Pascal. A standard winter keeping, green¬ 
leaved celery. Compact and vigorous in growth with 
short, broad, thick stalks which blanch a beautiful 
yellowish-white. 
Golden Plume, or Wonderful. An excellent new early 
celery on the order of Golden Self Blanching but 
more disease resistant. 
Winter Queen. A storage variety of medium height, 
with broad, light green stalks; easily bleached. 
CHICORY 
Chicory is cultivated 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 a salad. Cultivate as recommended for carrots. 
One ounce will sow a bed of 4 square yards 
Large=rooted. The dried roots are roasted and mixed 
with coffee, or used as a substitute. 
Witloof (French Endive). The plants form long, 
parsnip-shaped roots; the roots are forced in frames 
or greenhouse and the new growth of lettuce-like 
leaves is cut and served as a salad. 
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