Maule's seed catalogue : 1896 . CELERY.^ I TTe wish to call the Attention dftlie readers of this book to the fa<:t that th« vaHoUS ^varieties. Beans, Cubbage, Lettuce, Melons, Onions, Turnips, etc., from pages 17 to 68, 9are alphabetically arranged so that any one special sort can easily be found, as the list§begins with Asparagus on page 17 and ends with Turnips on page 63. Herbs and other wOdds and £nds will be found on page 64. iS. This is undoubtedly the test cel-ery in cultivation to-day, as has beenproved by the demand the last twelveyears. It is the celery for the market gar-dener as
Maule's seed catalogue : 1896 . CELERY.^ I TTe wish to call the Attention dftlie readers of this book to the fa<:t that th« vaHoUS ^varieties. Beans, Cubbage, Lettuce, Melons, Onions, Turnips, etc., from pages 17 to 68, 9are alphabetically arranged so that any one special sort can easily be found, as the list§begins with Asparagus on page 17 and ends with Turnips on page 63. Herbs and other wOdds and £nds will be found on page 64. iS. This is undoubtedly the test cel-ery in cultivation to-day, as has beenproved by the demand the last twelveyears. It is the celery for the market gar-dener as Viell as the home grower. The demandfor this magnificent variety has always been some-thing remarkable. Last year was as bad as the yearbefore. Almost every order seemed to want Golden Self-Blanching until I had sold almost every grain of seed on Self-Blanching, besides being remarkably stocky, and a won-derfully strong grower, is very heavy, per-fectly solid, of a delicious sweet flavor, andwith all these points is a wonderful keeper. Onewould think that these would be a sufficient num-ber of good qualities, but to all these is added thewonderful quality of self-blanclilng to a very re-•tnarkable extent. Without banking up, or any covering to speak of, even the outer ribs become of a yellowishWhite color, the heart being large, solid and of a beautiful golden yellow. Every celery grower should test?Golden Self-B
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