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THE O & M SEED CO 
GREEN SPRINGS, OHIO 
CELERY 
Culture-—-Sow early in May in rows 15 inches apart and thin to 
12 inches apart in rows. Grown like lettuce. Requires about 50 
days to grow a crop. To blanch, tie up the outer leaves like celery 
when full grown. Draw up soil about the plants. *4 ounce to 100 
feet rows, 4 lbs. per acre. 
Culture—1 ounce for 3000 plants, 4 ounces for an acre. 
Muck land is best for celery, but it can be grown success¬ 
fully in any perfectly moist, garden soil. Sow in boxes or 
cold frame and when plants are 2 inches high, transplant 
again 2 inches each way. Set plants 8 inches apart in rows. 
Dig trenches 4 feet apart and 6 inches deep. When plants 
are full grown fill in trench for blanching. 
Golden Plume or Wonderful—A compartively new 
introduction, closely resembling the Golden Self¬ 
blanching in crispness and flavor, however, is larger 
and a more rapid grower. Semi dwarf. Unequalled 
in quality. 
Giant Pascal—One of the best for winter use. Leaves short 
and dark green color. Stalks short, thick and very broad. 
Blanches a yellowish white. 
Golden Self-blanching—We have a good strain of this pop¬ 
ular variety. Attains a good size, stalks solid and when 
bleached is of handsome golden yellow color. 
White Plume—An early, good variety. Leaves light, bright 
green, easily bleached a beautiful silvery white color. 
Giant 
Pascal 
Celery 
Green Curled—One of the largest 
varieties, half late. Long green 
leaves, finely curled; hardy variety 
for autumn use. 
White Curled—Second early va¬ 
riety, not very productive, but of a 
good creamy white color. Useful 
and extensively grown. 
Broad Leaf Batavian—One of the 
best varieties for salad. Leaves 
broad, more or less twisted and 
waved, bright deep green color. 
EGG PLANT 
Culture—1 ounce for 2000 plants. Egg plants are profitable to grow and must not be transplanted until warm 
weather sets in. Transplant in rows 3 feet apart, 2 feet apart in the row. Select a warm, sunny location and 
cultivate often. 
Black Beauty—Early and nearly as large as New York 
purple. Fruit dai-k purple. Holds its color for a long time. 
N. Y. Imp. Spineless—The favorite variety, spineless. 
Plant large and producing four to six large oval fruits 
of dark purple color. 
