EASY^BLANCHING CELERY 
THE PIONEEK OF A NEW CLASS 
The Earliest Keeping Variety and the Easiest Blanched 
A perfect all around Celery for the Private Garden 
EASY TO GKOW EASY TO KEEP 
WINTER QUEEN CELERY 
THE FINEST OF ALL FOR WINTER USE 
May Be Enjoyed From December to May 
Henderson’s Winter Queen has been bred from the standard long-keeping Celery 
•—Henderson’s Golden Dwarf—over which it is a grand improvement. It has the 
same robust, stocky growth—requiring but little labor in earthing up for blanch¬ 
ing—and makes heavy, broad and solid heart stalks, free from pith and string, which 
blanch creamy-white and arc so crisply tender that, held by the head, a stalk will al¬ 
most break of its own weight. In quality it is not surpassed by any Celery grown, 
the esteemed “sweet, nutty flavor” being noticed the moment tasted. It is so hardy 
in constitution that neither heart nor outside stalks are liable to rot when trenched 
for the winter, keeping well into late spring in prime condition. In bunching there 
is very little waste, for the enormous hearts require but little trimming. {See cut.) 
Price, 10c. pkt., 40c. oz., $1.25 lb., $4.00 lb. 
"Last year I tried your Whiter Queen Celery. Jt is the best keeper I ever had.” 
HARRY L. MOYER. Temple, Pa. 
” Your Winter Queen Celery is the finest I ever ate.” Mrs. W. A. WELCH, Harrison, .Ark. 
” We have been more than satisfied with your Winter Queen Celery, it is certainly a superior variety and 
the best keeper we have—trenched in December it keeps well to the 1st of April—maintaining its fine 
nutty flavor and brittleness to the last.” CHAS. B. POWELL, Burlington, Vt. 
Celery has till now been either self-blanching or “green,” early or late. Each 
class has its defects. For instance, the late or “green” sorts blanch less readily^ 
require comparatively expert attention, and are later in maturing. Ihese defects 
are quite absent in the self-blanching varieties, the first of which was Henderson s 
White Plume; but they in turn have the defects of weaker constitution and poorer 
keeping qualities, and the season in wdiich they can be used is therefore limited. 
The merits of each class are equally pronounced and well known. 
EASY^BLANCHING CELERY 
Belongs to neither of the classes mentioned above, standing distinctly between, 
the two. It has all the merits and none of the defects of either and therefore is 
practically ideal. 
It is a vigorous plant of medium height having thick, rather than broad stalks, 
with shallow ribs. With the slightest handling the outer stalks readily close in on 
the inner or heart stalks, which partly explains its easy-blanching tendency. Just 
as soon as the self-blanching 
varieties are getting past their 
season Easy-Blanching is at its 
best, and its keeping quality 
is so good that it will remain 
in good condition just as long 
as the best of the winter sorts. 
The entire plant is distinct 
from any other. The leaves, 
are slightly but densely crum¬ 
pled. The general color is 
pale green faintly marbled 
with a yellowish tinge—just 
enough to give the plant a 
blanched appearance, while 
the inner leaves and stalks at 
a very early stage of growth 
assume and retain a rich golden 
hue. 
Its quality is, beyond all 
question, superb. The tender 
stalks snap clean and brittle, 
and are quite free from tough 
stringiness. The flavor is ex¬ 
quisitely aromatic and spicy. 
(See cut.) Price, 20c. pkt., 3 
pkts. for 50c., $2.00 oz. 
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