CELERY 
Sow 1 pound in seedbed to plant an acre. 
For the garden sow | packet in a well protected seedbed for 150 plants to set 50 feet of 
row for a family of 3 or 4 people. 
Prices quoted on celery seed are postpaid. Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
Typical plants of Green Florida Pascal Celery ready for packing in Howard crates. 
CULTURE OF CELERY 
First sowings in Florida are made the later part of June and 
continue to December. The main sowings for a winter crop 
are usually made in July or early August, and for the spring 
crop, grown principally on muck, they are usually made in 
October and early November. Celery seed is always planted 
in protected seedbeds. The soil must be put in perfectly fine 
condition and made into beds 4 to 6 or more inches high, to 
prevent overflow in case of heavy rains. When in condition— 
thoroughly and finely pulverized, well fertilized at least 10 
days before sowing seed, moist, and made perfectly smooth and 
level—sow the seed broadcast or in rows 6 inches apart, using 
1 pound of seed to from 125 to 150 yards of bed 3 feet wide. 
The seed should be barely covered with soil. 
We.recommend use of burlap or white muslin as a cover 
over the seedbed stretching it on a tent-shaped or slanting 
frame built over the seedbed, with the sides about 12 inches 
from the ground to provide ample circulation of air. This seed- 
bed cover will serve as a shade and also break the force of 
heavy rains. After the seed is sown, it is desirable to sprinkle 
with cool water by means of hand sprinkling pots with a very 
fine spray in order to keep the soil cool and moist, which tends 
to increase the germination of celery seed during the hot sum- 
mer months. With surface irrigation, fresh cool water should 
be circulated continuously around the beds. For the control of 
insects and diseases of celery see page 53. For the control of 
ink rot of celery use Granular Aero Cyanamid. 
When plants in seedbed are 6 inches high, transplant to 
the field in double rows 3 to 31% feet apart, with 7 inches be- 
tween the double rows, and set the plants 4 to 5 inches apart 
in the row. The plants may be set in single rows 3 feet apart, 
allowing 4 to 5 inches between plants in the row. The Pascal 
varieties should always be planted at least 6 inches in the row. 
To grow fine celery, a large supply of moisture and fertilizer 
is essential from the time the seed is sown in the seedbeds 
until the crop is ready for harvest. 
The number of days in parentheses after each variety indi- 
cates the relative number of days to marketable stage or 
harvest from setting out plants in the field or garden. It usu- 
ally requires about seven or eight weeks to grow plants large 
enough to be set in the field. 
In May and June, at the beginning of the celery seed plant- 
ing season in Florida each year, we test samples of all our 
celery seed in our laboratory germinator, and also in outdoor 
seedbeds at Sanford and Plant City, and the germination is 
printed on every package of celery seed so our customers will 
know how much to plant in order to secure a satisfactory 
stand in the seedbed. 
GREEN FLORIDA PASCAL. (125 days.) A very vigorous, 
compact-growing variety, with large, broad, rounded, heavy, 
dark green leaves, and with broad, semi-round, medium-long, 
exceedingly thick, very meaty, solid, smooth, glossy, attractive 
appearing ribs. The ribs or petioles will average from 714 to 
8 inches to the first joint and plants will range from 20 to 23 
inches overall. It develops a much better heart than other 
varieties of the Green Pascal type. The ribs or stalks are of 
ideal edible quality, being tender, brittle, stringless and crisp. 
Even the outermost stalks possess an unsurpassed flavor and 
are surprisingly rich and nutty. Our Florida Pascal strain has 
been developed for smooth glossy ribs (free of ridging), for a 
high rib count per plant, and a taller and more compact 
growth, and better heart formation than other strains of Green 
Pascal. 
This stock is not subject to premature seeding, and can be 
grown at any time during the fall, winter or spring in Florida. 
It is important not to cut this variety too soon, as it requires 
2 to 3 weeks more time in the ficld than varieties of the Golden 
type, but will outyield the Golden type 40 to 50 per cent. The 
yield and quality are materially cut down if harvested too soon. 
Set plants of this variety at least 6 to 7 inches apart in the row 
for large sizes and heavy yields. The seeds of Green Pascal are 
larger than Golden type celery, and therefore seed of this 
variety should be planted about 25% to 50% heavier by weight 
than other varieties in order to ge the same stand. 
Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. $1.00; 1 oz. $1.50 
V4 Ib. $4.00; 1 Ib. $15.00 
SUMMER PASCAL (Waltham Strain or California Pascal). 
(115 days.) This is the earliest maturing of all the Green Pascal 
varieties. The Waltham strain was developed by the Waltham, 
Mass., Agricultural Experiment Station for a rapidly growing 
Green Pascal type of celery with long, upright growing, com- 
pact ribs or petioles, making a very attractive appearing celery 
for the markets. The ribs are very thick and semi-rounded, 
but not quite as smooth as our regular strain of Green Florida 
Pascal, although the Waltham strain will mature about a week 
earlier, and make an enormous yield of large sizes. This strain 
must be cut promptly when ready or it will tend to go down, 
and won’t hold up in the field after mature as well as Green 
Florida Pascal. Because of its long, compact upright growing 
ribs or petioles, this strain is becoming very popular in Cali- 
fornia, and therefore is referred to as “California Pascal.” 
Pkt. 15c; 14 oz. 85c; oz. $1.35; 14 Ib. $3.40; 1 Ib. $12.50 
14 THE KILGORE SEED COMPANY, Florida’s Leading Seedsmen 
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