HOME-GARDEN CELERY 
It can be of the very best, crisp, sweet, nut-like, aromatic, 
and there is nothing so very difficult to the growing of it, 
just the ability to follow the short and simple instructions 
on the folder that comes with the seed. Neither does it 
take much space for the growing, though the soil must 
be made fertile, and deeply and well prepared. 
GIANT PASCAL—It is the Celery by which other Celeries 
are judged, the standard of delicious table quality. Stalks 
that are long, but thick, solid and brittle, and always 
with the rich, nutty flavor, the crisp, tender juiciness 
that makes good Celery the most zestful savory that the 
garden yields. The massive stalks grow to 25 inches, 
blanch ereamy white, and are slightly ribbed or corru- 
gated. Use earth for blanching. No better winter 
keeper. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c; 1 oz. 45c; %4 lb. $1.60. 
GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING—A dwarf, compact Celery, 
rather early, giving heavy, solid crispy stalks that blanch 
to waxen yellow, pale gold. Flavor is delicious, sweet, 
rich, aromatic. A rather easy blancher. An _ excellent 
all-round variety. Stores fairly well, but for that use 
should be started later than for regular summer cut- 
ting. Pkt. 15c; 44 oz. 40c; 1 oz. 75c. 
WHITE PLUME—The earliest, and the most easily 
blanched of Celeries. Kept in unchecked growth on good, 
well-prepared soil and it will be of very good quality. 
For use as cut; it does not store. Blanches snowy white. 
Pkt. 10e; % oz. 25c; 1 oz. 45c. 
GOLDEN PLUME—From the name one might expect this 
to be a yellower counterpart of White Plume, but actually 
it resembles Golden Self-blanching far more, same thick, 
solid, juicily brittle stalk, same always dependable high 
table quality, same dwarf, compact habit. It is claimed 
to be a few days earlier, and more resistant to blight 
and rot. Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 35c; 1 oz. 65c; 
% Ib. $2.45. Illustrated opposite. 
GOLDEN CRISP—Meritorious 
riety for late fall and winter use. 
mense solid hearts that blanch quite 
ily to pure white. Flavor of the 
A long keeper. Rivals Pascal in table 
quality. Called also Salt Lake or Utah 
Celery. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c; 1 oz. 50c. 
EMPEROR—Always tender, crisp, sweet, 
juicy are the heavy stalks, blanching to a 
silvery whiteness with big solidly packed 
green va- 
Im- 
read- 
best. 
hearts. Being stocky and low, 15 to 18 
inches, the blanching is rather easy. A 
splendid fall and winter sort. Pkt. 15c; 
Y% oz. 40c; 1 oz. 7T5e. 
WINTER QUEEN—A very good late or 
winter Celery, prime favorite of many 
growers. It is more or less the green like- 
ness (blanching pure white) of the Golden 
Self-blanching. Has the same _ dwarf, 
heavy growth, same firm, compact habit, 
but it takes a little longer season, and 
it is much more certain winter keeper. You 
know gourmets have the idea that Cel- 
eries naturally of a green color, instead 
of being yellow or silvery, have always 
the richer, more nutty flavor. Pkt. 10c; 
44 oz. 25c; 1 oz. 45c; 4 Ib. $1.60. 

IN BLANCHING CELERY you are simply trying to exciuae 
light from new growth made after the blanching medium 
is applied. Early Celeries are usually blanched by staking 
boards in position along each side of the row, or in the 
smaller home garden heavy paper may be tied about 
each individual plant, leaving, of course, the plume of 
foliage exposed at tcp. Later Celeries may be handle] 
same way, but where space will permit, these are quit> 
Sasa a by Paes up earth against the row. 
ile holdin e plant tog i 
Srerevenens ne ep fe gether so that soil does not 
CELERIAC 
_ Think of Celery in which the root is large, thick ; 
like that of Turnip, while the above ete heakiceeee 
small-stemmed, green, not important,—that’s Celeriac. The 
roots are the part eaten, carrying the true aromatic Celery 
flavor and sweet nuttiness. They are delicious in salads 
or they can be cooked in many ways. They are good from 
two-inch diameters on, but will grow much larger, and 
they can be dug in autumn and sand-stored in the cellar. 
Leaves sometimes usd for soup flavoring and the like. 
Celery culture throughout, save no blanching needed, one 
operation the less. Pkt. 15¢; \% oz. 40c. ; 

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SWEET CORN 
It is the distinction, the culmination, of the American 
garden, and unfortunate is the garden that does not have 
space for it. If you have only tasted the corn of the 
markets, good as that can be, then you have never really 
known Sweet Corn at its best. For that, it should be 
picked when the kernels are just in milk, then within the 
half hour (well within), it should be briefly cooked. Too 
often the cooking is over long, and thereby a delicacy be- 
comes just something to be eaten because we are huugry. 
An easy way of timing is to put the corn on in cold water. 
When it comes to a boil the corm is done, and all it 
needs then to complete apppreciation of its perfection is 
butter, salt and you. Folder sent with seeds tells how 
to grow Sweet Corn. 
GOLDEN BANTAM—80 days. This is the true and origina] 
strain, only eight rows, but those rows all of a tender, 
delicious honey sweetness that has never been excelled by 
any other Sweet Corn, any time, anywhere. We have 
other larger Sweet Corns, very good ones, too, but if 
you want only the superlative of eating quality, disre- 
garding all other characters, then you must keep to this. 
Ears average six inches long, plants about six feet tall. 
Pkt 10c; % Ib. 20c; 1 Ib. 85c; 2 Ibs. 60c; 5 Ibs. $1.40. 
VANGUARD—75 days. A first-early white Sweet Corn 
of real Howling Mob flavor and quality, and if you don’t. 
think thac is recommendation, then read our description 
of Howling Mob itself. It is, indeed, a selection from 
that sevt, differing only in being ten days earlier and 
with ears just a trifle smaller, these some 7 inches long 
with 12 to 14 rows. Market growers like this variety, but. 
it is good in home garden, too. Pkt. 10c; % Ib. 25c; 
5 lbs. $1.70. Illustrated opposite. 
HOWLING MOB—85 days. We don’t like 
the name, never did, but we think the 
Corn is about the sweetest and tenderest 
of anything yet in the way of a large- 
eared second early. Pearly white thin- 
skinned kernels, tender, melting, sugar- 
sweet. Ears 7-8 inches long, with 12 to 
16 rows. Prolific, carrying usually two 
ears to a stalk. Pkt. 10c; % lb: 20c; 
1 lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 65c; 5 Ibs. $1.50: 
BLACK MEXICAN—85 days. An old-time 
variety for the home garden that many 
still demand because of the always sweet, 
rich flavor. At right eating stage, ker- 
nels are pure white, but as ears left un- 
picked mature, they become grape purple. 
Ears 7 inches long, with 8 rows of broad 
kernels. Pkt. 10c; % Ib. 258; 1 Ib. 40c;. 
2 Ibs. 75c. 
BANTAM EVERGREEN—89 days. Big. 
ears, 8 to 9 inches long, 12 to 20 rows of 
kernels. Rich yellow. A cross of Golden. 
Bantam and Evergreet, cannot help being 
luscious, sweet, long good. Follows Howl- 
ing Mob in season. Pkt. 10c; % Ib. 20c; 
1 lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 65c; 5 Ibs. $1.50. 
STOWELL’S EVERGREEN—95 days. Big, 
long, fat ears, white kerneled, of sugar 
sweet, tender goodness, and the best thing 
about it is that the ears keep in fine eat- 
ing state for several days before hardening 
up. That’s where the “evergreen”? of the name comes in. 
An old sort, but not yet bettered. Undoubtedly the most 
popular white Sweet Corn ever introduced, and the com- 
bination of large size of ear with luscious eating quality 
is the exact reason why. Pkt. 10c; % Ib. 25c; 1 Ib. 85c; 
2 Ibs. 60c; 5 Ibs. $1.40. 
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN—95 days. It’s easy to remember 
Country Gentleman, for the kernels are not arranged 
in the usual even rows, but instead are crowded to- 
gether every which way, in irregular shoe-peg form and 
fashion. Then too, the kernels are very deep, deeper than 
in any other sort unless it be Golden Colonel, and the 
quality is of the very highest, rich, creamy, of honey sweet- 
ness. A white Corn that is liked by both commercial 
and home canners, and one much jin demand in the mar- 
ae 10c; 4% Ib. 25c; 1 Ib. 40c; 2 lbs. 75c; 5 Ibs. 
or $1.65. 
GOLDEN COLONEL—90 days. It differs from Country 
Gentleman only in color, butter yellow, and in being per- 
haps two days earlier; same deep, delicious, thin-skinned 
kernels, richly tender and sweet; same irregular crowd- 
ing on the cobs, no rows at all. Pkt. 10¢c; % Ib. 250: 
1 lb. 45c; 2 lbs. 80c; 5 Ibs. $1.75. 
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