SELECT VEGETABLE SEEDS 15 
Celery 
Seleri—A pios—Sedanio Acci 
Sow seeds in hotbed or very early in open ground (it is slow to germinate, and should be kept moist). 
Sow in straight rows for convenience in weeding when plants are small. When five or six inches high 
thin out or transplant to five inches apart. Celery requires very rich soil and plenty of water. 
Plants may be set from May to the middle of August. Large growers set 
the crop level with the surface, having previously plowed in all the manure 
possible, and setting in rows three to four feet apart and five or six inches 
in the row. Figure after name denotes days required after setting. 
Golden Plume. (85 days). A new, improved, more compact, full-hearted 
strain with stems 7% to 8% inches long. A heavy producer with an over- 
all height of 24 to 26 inches. A more vigorous grower than Golden Self- 
Blanching from which it was originally selected. Now probably the most 
extensively grown variety of this type. Per pkt., 10c.; oz., $1.25; %4-lb., $3.75. 
Golden Self-Blanching. (90 days). American grown dwarf strain; very 
uniform and full-hearted. Stems 6% to 8 inches, plants 22 inches. Per pkt., 
10c.; oz., $1.25; %4-lb., $3.75. 
Cornell No. 19. (100 days). An early easy to blanch strain of outstand- 
ing quality developed by the New York State College of Agriculture. A 
cross between Golden Self-Blanching and Utah, combining the fine quality 
of the Pascal type with color and earliness of Golden Self-Blanching. Stems 
10%4 to 11 inches long, thick, rounded, smooth, crisp and tender, without 
strings. Plant resistant to yellows, 24 inches tall. Per pkt., 20c.; oz., $1.65; 
1% -lb., $5.00. 
Easy-Blanching. (110 days). An early, green variety. Makes vigorous, 
compact growth, blanches readily to attractive white. A good keeper. Per 
pkt., 10c.; 0z., 85c.; %4-Ib., $2.75. 
White Plume. (115 days). Distinct variety, foliage bright green tinged 
with white, blanches to pure white, quality fair. Per pkt., 10c.; 0z., 85c.; 
%4-lb., $2.75. 
Summer Pascal. (120 days). A new, early, green celery of exceptional 
quality. The plants are not tall, but vigorous and compact. Stalks 8 to 9 
inches long, thick, crisp, stringless, excellent table quality; blanches to 
pure white. Per pkt., 20c.; 0z., $1.35; 1%4-Ib., $4.00. 
Utah No. 99. (125 days). A green, midseason celery, easier to blanch 
than Utah or Emperor. The numerous, heavy, rounded stems, 9 to 10 
inches long with narrow channel, are very.crisp and form a compact heart, 
when blanched, an attractive crystal white, and of superb quality. Per pkt., 
10c.; 0z., $1.25; %4-Ib., $3.75. 
Winter Queen. (130 days). Medium height, later or winter, green variety 
with compact solid crisp heart. Per pkt., 10c.; 0z., 85c.; %-lb., $2.50. 
Emperor. (135 days). Plants stocky and compact, a dwarf type. Stems thick, round, tender and fine 
quality. Excellent green celery for home, late fall or winter storage. Per pkt., 10c.; oz., $1.00; %4-lb., $3.00. 
Giant Pascal. (140 days). Late, green winter variety; plant large, stocky; stems round, thick and 
brittle; blanches to a creamy white; flavor excellent. Per pkt., 10c.; 0z., 85c.; %4-Ib., $2.50. 
Celery Seed. For flavoring. Old seed. Per oz., 15c.; Ib., $1.00. 
Chicory 

Golden Plume 
Chervil Chicorten—Cicoria 
. ; The roots of this vegetable are much used as a 
Gartenkerbel—Perifollo—Cerfoglio substitute for coffee. The young leaves are also 
Cultivated and used like parsley. The young leaves | used for salad. 
are used for flavoring. For summer use sow in Large Rooted or Coffee. Per pkt., 10c.; 0z., 55c.; 
March, and in July for winter. 1%4-lb., $1.80; 1b., $6.00. : 
Curled. Out 1945. Catalogna. (Asparagus). Dandelion-like leaves, 
very popular for early greens. Per pkt., 10c.; 0z., 
50c.; %4-lb., $1.50; Ib., $5.00. 
Chives Chufas or Earth Almonds 
Schnettlauch—Cibollino Resemble a cocoanut in sweetness and flavor. 
Chives are perfectly hardy little perennial mem- | Very prolific, a single one yielding from one to two 
bers of the onion tribe, and are grown exclusively | hundred. Plant 2 ft. to 18 in. apart. 
for their tops, which eae ueecs Parner ne flavor Chufas. Per oz., 10c.; Ib., 50c. 
of onion is required. Planted in small clumps in 
any common garden soil, they will grow rapidly, Collards or Coleworts 
and in time increase so as to oe a division Jungle-K ohl—Cabu—Cavolo 
necessary. The tops appear very early in spring, : - : 
and can be cut through the season. Pee e ge of cabbage greens, used extensively in 
Roots only, per bunch, 15c. Postage extra, 2-Ib. True Creole or Southern. Per pkt., 10c.; 0z., 20c.; 
- each. Ib., $1.00. 
