CELERY 
No amount of effort on the part of the grower will 
overcome the handicap of poor celery seed. 
Market Growers Prices, Page 82. 
Golden Plume or 
Wonderful 
maturing - variety, and one 
that resists blight. It is of 
the Golden Self Blanching 
type, but the plants are 
shorter and more compact. 
The stalks are brittle and 
blanch quickly to an at¬ 
tractive golden color, pos¬ 
sessing - an even nut-like 
flavor. 
(Pkt., 10 c) (oz., 40 c) 
(% lb., $1.20) (lb., $4.50) (5 
lbs., $19.80) prepaid. 
Golden Self Blanching 
n W arf The original 
L^wai i French strain, 
and still popular with mar¬ 
ket growers and shippers. 
Plants medium in height, 
stocky and compact, foli¬ 
age yellowish green, stalks 
solid, broad and of delicate 
flavor, blanches readily to 
a golden yellow. 
(Pkt., 10 c) (oz„ 35c) 
<% lb., $1.00) (lb., $3.50) (5 
lbs., $15.40) prepaid. 
Golden Plume 
Controlling Insects, Bugs and Worms 
Good gardening consists not only of proper tillage, irrigation and care of 
the plants but also in combating various pests that will destroy or injure the 
crop. Both dusting and spraying are effective. In the western part of the 
United States, tremendous acreages of vegetables are grown and marketed in 
car load lots. Experiments have shown that dust is much more quickly and 
easily applied, in fact, some of the larger growers use airplanes for this pur¬ 
pose. These fly low over the ground and the blast from the propeller blows 
the insecticide evenly over the crops. 
On page 19 you will find dust guns listed and described and on page 18 
dust insecticides. Select the type and size of dust gun suited to your require¬ 
ments. Use Aphicide as a dust, do not mix with water, apply as it comes 
from the package. Adjust the duster properly and blow the Aphicide with suffi¬ 
cient force to form a smoky dust that will thoroughly coat all parts of the plant. 
Results obtained depend largely on the thoroughness of application. 
Striped Cucumber Beetles. These insects often 
Controlling Insect's on appear as soon as the plants come up. They are 
Vine Crops not only very destructive at that time but their 
^ larva is the small grub or borer which works 
into the roots of the vines, more especially in 
pumpkins and squashes, but to some extent in melons. 
Dust to kill these Striped Beetles with Aphicide No. 10 or Aphicide No. 21.— 
See page 18. 
Attach the discharge of your duster to a funnel-shaped cone which you can 
set down quickly over the plants and blow one blast of Aphicide, then wait 
four or five seconds and a second hard blast should be sufficient to kill all the 
beetles on the plant or hiding under the plants. 
Aphis or Plant Lice. These very small insects often cause much damage. 
They increase very rapidly and while at first they remain on only a few plants 
and do not seem to spread, if not destroyed then they later may spread over 
the whole field within a few days. 
We go over our fields every few days looking for them. We also carry 
stakes on our cultivators and when we find a plant with aphis on it we mark 
it and see that it is dusted thoroughly at once with Aphicide No. 10. This dust 
is blown under the plants as the Aphids stay on the under side of the leaves 
and the Aphicide must come into contact with them to kill them. Dust not 
only the plants on which the Aphids are found but also all plants within ten to 
fifteen feet of the infested plants. Go back the next day and if you find any 
live Aphids dust them. If not remove the stakes. 
On our own farms we use Aphicide No. 10 and successfully control Aphis 
attacking seed crops. 
If the melons are right, they always sell quickly and command top prices— 
Don't allow Aphids to destroy the quality of your melons. 
Raise early melons by the use of Hotcaps. We sell them. 
See Page 82 for Special Prices to Market Growers 
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