From PETER 1EHBERSOM <SL CO.„ HEW YORE 
The Ball Celery Bleaching Tubes 
JUST THE THING FOR QUICKLY AND EASILY 
BLANCHING EARLY CELERY 
ELIMINATES THE LABOR OF “BANKING UP” OR BUYING, HUNT¬ 
ING UP AND PLACING BOARDS. JUST SLIP ON A “BLEACHING 
TUBE” AND IN 10 TO 15 DAYS HAVE WHITE, CRISP, LUSCIOUS 
CELERY. 
The Ball Celery Bleaching Tubes are of specially manufactured heavy 
paper, waterproofed, and with care may be used over and over again for 
several years. The celery plant is simply drawn together and the tube 
slipped over it (if the Spring Brass Celery Handler is also used it facilitates 
the operation); all light is then excluded and the celery blanches beauti¬ 
fully in from 10 to 15 days’ time. If there are any openings beneath the tube, 
an inch or two of soil drawn around the tubes will shut out the light. 
Celery blanched with tubes is sweeter and cleaner than that blanched by 
banking, for there is no earthy flavor as with the latter, and no soil 
with the frequent accompaniment of worms gets down into the heart 
stems; and besides celery may be had for the table very much earlier 
in the fall, because by using tubes they may be placed over the plants 
at any time after the celery is large enough, even in hot, moist weather 
which would cause banked celery to rot. The free circulation of air around 
the plant inside the tube allows it to dry out quickly after a rain. Customers 
who use these tubes place a few for first early—say, 12 or 25 tubes over as 
many plants—and in a week or 10 days later tube another lot of plants, then 
as the tubes are removed from the first lot they are placed over other celery 
plants; in this way a continuous supply of fresh, crisp, sweet and delicious 
celery is always ready for the table until freezing weather. For the benefit 
of those who have used only the soil method of bleaching we mention that 
celery should be nearly full-grown before putting on our bleaching tubes. 
At this time, with plenty of moisture, heart growth is-very rapid. Under 
these conditions celery will often be in prime condition in from 8 to 14 days 
after putting on the tubes. 
These bleaching tubes are generally used on early celery in the Northern 
and Middle States, also in the South where the temperatures are too high for 
soil bleaching. For best results they should not be used for bleaching when 
freezing temperatures occur at night. They bleach best when outside tem¬ 
perature is from 50 to 75 or more degrees. If you desire to bleach the green 
or late varieties of celery it is best to put on the bleachers a week or more 
earlier so as to give a longer period for the growing of the heart, as the outside 
stalks don’t bleach very well. All plants should, of course, be large enough 
to reach above the top of the bleaching tubes at the time that you put them on. 
Green celery treated in this manner makes a superior product. For the late 
or winter crops where a clean and superior celery is desired these bleachers 
can be put on just before banking with soil; 'they will prevent dirt from enter¬ 
ing the heart of the plant. When used in this manner the bleachers can be 
only used once, but the superior results—sanitary cleanliness and freedom 
from dirt—more than compensate the cost, especially for private use. 
The 0x12 size is usually used on medium or average size celery; the (ij^x 
13 for large stalks. The 7x14 is best for very big celery, especially the green 
varieties, which usually grow much larger than the self-blanching kinds. 
The bleachers should hug the celery close, but not tight. If an unusually 
large plant is encountered trim off a few leaves. 
PRICE OF THE BALL CELERY BLEACHING TUBES 
6 xl2 inches .30c. doz. S1.75pcrl00 $10.00 per 1000 
61^x13 “ . 35c. “ 2.00 “ “ 18.00 
7 " X 14 ** .40c. “ 2.50 “ “ 20.00 “ “ 
(Mail weight, about 2 lbs. per doz.) 
The Ball Lightning Celery Handler 
When putting on the paper bleaching tubes, it facilitates the operation 
by using the Ball Lightning Celery Handler. This is a spring brass imple¬ 
ment which gathers up the foliage so that the bleaching tubes can be placed 
without damage to the plant. This operation is demonstrated in picture. 
With a little practice a boy can place 3,000 to 4,000 tubes a day. Price, 
$3.50 (mail weight, 3 lbs.). _ _ _ 
Bird Netting 
TO PROTECT FRUITS, 
VEGETABLES, ETC. 
What is more exasperating than to 
anticipate a liberal picking of some 
fruit to find when you reach the gar¬ 
den that your bird neighbors have 
been there before you and consumed 
or destroyed the ripest and choicest 
berries, grapes or cherries, of which 
some birds are voraciously fond. Let¬ 
tuce and peas are often ravaged by 
birds, even flowers are not immune 
from their attacks, and they revel 
among some plants’ ripening seeds. 
All this may be obviated by shutting 
the birds out with bird netting. 
This is a good quality cotton net¬ 
ting of 1 inch mesh and comes in 20 
reasonable length. Price, $1.50 per 100 
Patent Protecting Cloth 
Prepared to prevent mildewing 
and rotting; valuable for protect¬ 
ing plants from frost, covering hot¬ 
beds and frames in spring in lieu 
of glass, for Chrysanthemum 
houses. One yard wide. 
PRICES 
Heavy Grade, per piece of 
50 yards ."$15.00 
Medium Grade, per piece 
of 50 yards. 10.CO 
Plant Protectors 
These protectors arc well made —a wood frame¬ 
work covered with good white muslin which is 
drawn to a knob at the top to be used as a handle. 
The uprights project below the bottom bow and 
thrust into the ground, acting as an anchor to 
prevent the protectors from being displaced by 
the wind. These projecting legs also permit the 
protectors to be raised and held slightly above 
the ground when greater ventilation is desirable. 
The protectors are so shaped that they nest one 
into another like flower pots for storage and 
shipment. They will last for years with good 
care and may be used over and over again for 
advancing the growth of tender plants and pro¬ 
tecting them from frosts. Tomatoes, melons, 
cucumbers, egg plants, peppers and many other 
garden vegetables and flowering plants may be 
safely set out much earlier than usual by using 
these Plant Protectors, which will also be 
found useful for shading lettuce and spinach 
during hot weather — which without some shade are apt to quickly bolt to 
seed. These protectors are also valuable placed over newly set out plants, 
preventing them from wilting, as they give just the right shade. 
PRICES 
No. 1—9 inches diameter by 12 inches high. $3.00 doz.: $23.00 per 100 
No. 2—12 inches diameter by 15 inches high... . 3.50 “ 27.00 
foot and 30 foot widths and of any 
square feet; P. P. 1 lb. 
Twemiow’s 
Old English 
Glazing Putty 
A semi-liquid putty that we find 
superior to any other of similar 
character for glazing greenhouses 
and hotbed sash. We use it with 
a Scollay’s Rubber Putty Bulb, 
and if the putty is too thick at 
times, we thin it with a little 
boiled linseed oil. When so thinned 
it can be brushed into any crack 
or leak, making a solid filling. For bedding glass in, for filling cracks or 
seams in roof joints and frames it is splendid, being impervious to moisture; 
and when set on dry wood it does not heave and will not crack nor peel. 
One gallon glazes about 300 lineal feet. Price, 1 quart. 75c.; gallon, $2.60. 
Rubber Putty Bulbs for applying. SLOP: P.P. 1 lb._ 
Prices of IMPLEMENTS, FERTILIZERS and INSECTICIDES are subject to change without notice. 
