RELIABLE SEEDS 
CULTURE—Sow the seed) in a light, rich, 
dry border as early as the ground can be worked, 
in drills eight or ten inches apart, and cover the_ 
seeds about a quarter of an inch deep, rolling 
or treading them in if the ground be dry. When 
fairly out of the seed leaf they may be trans¬ 
planted to another bed, or they may be thinned 
out in bed or trenches. This bed should be kept 
well weeded, and an occasional soaking with 
water in dry weather will do the plants good. 
Early in July at the North, a month or six 
weeks later in the Southern states, is the proper 
time to set the plants out in beds or trenches. 
Press the soil firmly against the roots. In the 
garden the better way is to set the plants in 
shallow trenches—we say shallow, for it is ob¬ 
viously a bad plan to remove all the good soil 
(as must be done in a deep trench) and put the 
plants in that which is poor. The plants may be 
set in a single row in a narrow trench, or the 
trench may be made into a bed wide enough to 
hold two, three or four rows, and in case the 
plants are in a compact form, to be covered for 
the winter where they grow. When grown in 
beds this way, the rows should be one foot 
apart, and the plants about eight inches apart 
in the rows. The bed should be made very rich 
with thoroughly decomposed manure. The 
plants will need to be earthed up two or three times, and in doing this care should 1 be taken 
not to let the earth get into the heart of the plant. In field culture the plants are set on the 
surface in rows 4 feet apart when the celery is to be earthed up in the field for early use, and 
2 feet apart when the plants are to be taken up and blanched in the cellar for winter use. The 
plants are set 6 inches apart in rows. If not grown in beds, the best way to store is to dig 
trenches in a well-drained spot in the open ground, 1 foot wide and of a depth a few inches 
less than the height of the celery. The plants then lifted and set close together until the whole 
quantity is stored. The edges of the trench should be made sloping from the tops of the plants. 
When severe cold weather comes on, cover gradually with leaves, hay or straw and place boards 
on top. In such a trench the stalks will blanch perfectly, and may be taken out any time dur¬ 
ing the winter for use or sales as required. 
Giant Pascal 
IMPROVED WHITE PLUME— Naturally 
white or light foliage; requires but little 
banking up to blanch; very early and ex¬ 
tensively grown for market. 
Prices: oz., 25c; lb., 90c 
GIANT PASCAL —An easily blanched and 
fine keeping large sort, of excellent flavor; 
superior for table use. 
GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING— Grand solid 
variety, on the style of the White Plume 
except that it is golden where the Plume 
is white. 
Prices: oz., 35c; lb., $1.25 
CELERIAC OR LARGE SMOOTH 
PRAGUE —An improved form of the 
rooted Celery, roots smooth and round. 
Prices: oz., 30c; J4 lb., $1.00 
Collards 
CULTURE—Sow seed as for Cabbage in June, July and August for suc¬ 
cession ; transplant when one month old in rows a foot apart each way and 
hoe often. 
GEORGIA SOUTHERN. Oz., 10c; U lb., 30c. 
SIOUX CITY SEED CO. 
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