CELERY 
_ A specialty crop grown in many localities throughout the country where soil and 
climate are adapted to its culture. We obtain our stocks from the best specialist celery 
seed growers and carry a full line of the more popular varieties. 
Days indicated can only be relative as a crop so widely grown is dependent on local 
climatic factors. 
Green Varieties 
110 days 
Plant—20 inches tall, upright, fairly com- 
pact and uniform. 
Stalk—7 inches in length, thick, solid and 
light green. 
Easy Blanching 
An early maturing variety suitable for 
home and market garden. 
Giant Pascal 140 days 
Plant—24 inches tall, dark green foliage, 
large heart that blanches to a creamy- 
white. 
Stalk—8 inches in length, thick, solid and 
crisp with a good “nutty”’ flavor. 
A popular late variety for home use or 
market trade as it stores well. 
Summer Pascal 120 days 
Plant—18 inches tall, a dwarfer and 
stockier type than other Pascals with a 
small leaf that trims well. 
Stalk—7 inches in length, solid, crisp and 
meaty. 
A very popular green variety for home 
or market garden. Outstandingly good 
stem character but rather brittle for 
shipping. 
Utah or Golden Crisp 125 days 
Plant—20 to 24 inches tall, compact, erect, 
full-hearted. 
Stalk—8 inches in length, solid, stringless, 
with a distinct “nutty” flavor. 
A very desirable green celery for fall 
planting, maturing about a week ahead 
of Giant Pascal. It is very tender but 
is adapted to long distance shipping and 
is excellent for home garden and local 
market. 
White Plume 115 days 
Plant—16 inches tall, dwarf, spreading, 
bright green tinged with white. 
Stalk—6% inches in length, slender, 
silver-white, tender and of good 
flavor. 
An early type with a lighter, more silvery- 
white color than other varieties. A home 
garden sort suited to soup making. 
Yellow Varieties 
Cornell No. 19 100 days 
Plant—23 to 25 inches tall, erect with 
compact uniform growth. 
Stalk—10 inches in length, thick and 
crisp. A long, full-hearted type of 
excellent quality that blanches easily. 
Developed by the N. Y. State Agric. Exp. 
Station. This is a cross between Golden 
Self Blanching and Utah and combines 
top quality with resistance to Fusarium 
disease. This strain is especially adapted 
to Northern muck soils and is good for 
home, market gardening or shipping. 
Golden Plume or Wonderful 
115 days 
Plant—20 inches tall, leafy, semi-dwarf 
in habit. 
Stalk—7 inches in length, good firm stalks 
blanching to golden yellow. 
Slightly earlier and shorter than Golden 
Self-Blanching. Its attractive appear- 
ance and fine quality make it desirable 
for home and market garden use. 
Golden Self-Blanching (American) 
120 days 
Plant—18 to 24 inches tall, uniformly 
compact. 
Stalk—7 inches in length, thick, solid and 
of good flavor and quality. Blanches 
well. 
A well established variety popular with 
home and market gardeners. 
Section of N.K. & Co.'s Celery Trials 
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