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A. CURRIE .Sc COAM
130 Wisconsin St.. Milwaukee. Wis.*!^
Golden SeLf-Blanching Celery.
CELERY
Celery is a crop that requires a very long season. If an
early crop is to be grown from seeds, the latter must be
started indoors in boxes about the last of February, the
plants being set in the ground, six inches apart, in May.
The crop should be ready in August. Celery for winter may
be grown from seeds started in the open ground in late April,
but it is advisable to have a seed bed and to transplant the
seedlings to the open field when large enough. It is well to
cut off the lower half of the roots at transplanting time, and
firming the soil around the plants is very important.
About the middle of August the banking of the early crop
can be begun. Earth may be drawn up around the plants or
a twelve-foot board may be set on edge each side of the row.
The boards should incline toward each other so that they
will be only three inches apart at the top. Cleats or hooks
will hold them in place. From 10 to 20 days will be needed
to blanch the celery. When there are only a few plants they
may be wrapped with paper or tiles set over them.
Celery for winter needs less earthing up. as it will blanch
after being stored. Before freezing weather comes the plants
should be lifted and the outside leaves removed. Then they
should be stored in a cool cellar or in a vegetable pit out-
doors, being set closely together on the floor. The plants
will keep well into the winter if simply set in trenches in
the garden, being covered with boards over which hay. straw,
leaves or manure is thrown.
One ounce will furnish 5,000 to 10,000 plants.
EASV-IU/ANCHI\G (Originator's Extra Selected Stock) — A
new variety of quick bleaching habit. The plants make a
rapid growth of thick, very tender stalks of excellent
quality, and while It bleaches very early, it is unsurpas^^ed
for winter storage. Pkt,, 10c; ox., 45c; Vi lb., $1.25; 1 lb.,
§4.50.
Columbia — Early, with thick round stalks of a rich yellow
color, unsurpassed in quality. Pkt., 10c; oz., 45e; V^ lb.,
$1.25; 1 lb., $4.50.
Golden Self-Blanohlng (Paris Golden) — Originators French
Grown Seed. The earliest and best of the self-blanching
sorts. The plants are of dwarf compact habit, with thick,
solid stalks of a waxy-yellow color. Pkt., 10c; ox., 65c;
V» lb., $2.25; 1 lb., $8.00.
Giant Golden Heart — Large and solid, heart yellow. Pkt., 10c;
oz., 2oc; i/j lb., 65c; 1 lb., $2.25.
AVHITE PLUME (Extra Selected) — A favorite early self-
blanching variety. It requires very little earthing up.
Stalks crisp and sweet. Pkt., l(.c; ox., 25c; '4 lb., 75c;
1 lb., $2.50.
Winter Queen — A compact variety with large, broad creamy-
white stalks, crisp and tender. Pkt., 10c; oz.., 25c; % lb.,
65c; 1 lb., $2.25.
Giant Pa.scal — Stalks broad. A splendid keeper. Pkt., lOc;
ox., 2r,c; Vi lb., 65e; 1 lb., $2.25.
Old Celery Seed for FlavorinB — Oz., lOc; % lb., 20c; 1 lb., 65c.
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