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Golden Self-blanching 
• ••• CELERY. 
HENDERSON'S PERFECTED 
WHITE PLUME CELERY. 
T HIS grand variety of French origi 
coming more popular every year, 
is now one of the most extensively grow 
sorts, both for private use and fo 
market. It is not as early as White 
Plume, though it possesses the same 
self-blanching characteristics and 
is of heavier and more compact 
growth, the stalks being thick, 
crisp and brittle, while the hearts 
are large and solid, all blanch¬ 
ing a beautiful waxen-yellow; 
the quality is superb, tender 
and free from stringiness; flavor 
rich and delightful. Our seed.is 
grown from a very select strain 
and pronounced by expert celery 
growers as very superior. (See cut. 
Price, 10c. pkt., 50c. oz., $1 
lb., $5.00 lb. 
and 
“ We can say with pleasure that your Golden Self- 
Blanching Celery is the best celery we have ever had on our 
table; its beautiful, crisp, sweet stal/cs are relished by our 
whole family. It must be the finest celery grown ; at least 
we do not want a better." 
Mrs. WM. MORGAN, Springfield, Ohio. 
“I must say one word of praise for your Golden Self- 
Blanching Celery. It is the finest strain I ever grew." 
W. II. McCARTHY, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 
“ Your Golden Self-Blanching Celery gave us the best 
satisfaction of any we ever grew." 
W. H. BUCK, Clintonville, Ohio. 
The EARLIEST Variety Grown — Can be Blanched for 
the Table in September — “Banking Up" not Necessary. 
\A/HITE PLUME CELERY was introduced by us and 
v v is now more popular than ever. The peculiarity of the 
self-blanching celeries is that they will blanch naturally 
without the laborious banking up which is essential to ordi¬ 
nary sorts. It is as easy to grow White Plume Celery as any 
other vegetable. If the stalks are drawn together when the 
plant is three-fourths grown and the soil drawn to or pressed 
around the plant it will soon be fit for use. Boards are 
sometimes placed close up to the plants, but the result is not 
so satisfactory as by contact with the earth. 
At maturity, the plant is highly ornamental. Its ample 
white heart and variegated leaves present a beautiful 
appearance. The delicate flavor of its crisp, succulent stalks 
is unequaled. Our stock of this grand old vegetable is 
finer today than ever and we are fully entitled to name 
it “Henderson’s Perfected White Plume.’’ {See cut.) 
Price, 10c. pkt., 40c. oz., $1.25 lb., $4.00 lb. 
“/ had the finest Perfected White Plume Celery last season ever raised in this 
section and so acknowledged by every one who saw it. Had plenty of stalks, 
pure white, two feet long, crisp, and of elegant flavor." 
O. G. BRIAN, Dykemans, N. Y . 
“ I raised your White Plume Celery last year and it was the best celery I 
ever raised. I began bleaching it in August and it lasted until New Year's 
— was crisp and sweet." Mrs. FRED LEUSER, Genesco, N. Y. 
"I say with great pleasure, that your White Plume Celery is the best we have 
ever grown; with it we captured first premium at the Kentucky State Fair. 
We grew it to mammoth size and 3 feet in height." 
VITTER BROS., Louisville, Ky. 
“After experience in Celery culture for many years, your White Plume 
was the best we ever had. The stalks were white from root to leaf, and 
when prepared for the table measured 23 inches. Everybody pronounced 
it the most beautiful celery they ever saw." 
T. B. McILWAIN, Napier , Ontario, Can. 
For our complete list of ELEVEN VARIETIES OF CELERY, see page 55. 
