. Philips' 1899 catalogue : garden, farm and flower seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Mercersburg Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Livestock Catalogs. 18 J. M. Philips' Sons. Celerv. Sow in open ground as soon as it is fit to work, late in March or early in April. Keep clean of weeds, and transplanting in June and July. The tops should be shorn off once or twice before trans- planting, to insure stocky plants. When from 4 to 6 in- ches high transplanting into broad, shallow trenches, 3 feet apart and 6 inches in the rows. The soil should be l
. Philips' 1899 catalogue : garden, farm and flower seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Mercersburg Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Livestock Catalogs. 18 J. M. Philips' Sons. Celerv. Sow in open ground as soon as it is fit to work, late in March or early in April. Keep clean of weeds, and transplanting in June and July. The tops should be shorn off once or twice before trans- planting, to insure stocky plants. When from 4 to 6 in- ches high transplanting into broad, shallow trenches, 3 feet apart and 6 inches in the rows. The soil should be light, highly manured and moist, or near water, as the plants must be freely watered in dry weather. Earthing up should not be begun until the plants are quite well grown, then earth up gradually, keeping the leaf stocks together, so that the soil may not fall into the center of the plant; never earth up in wet weather or when the dew is on the plants. Dwarf Large Ribbed. This excellent vari- ety is very stocky robust, the whole strength of the vegetation being concentrated into the Dwarf Large Ribbed. main plant. The stalks are most vigorous and the ribs grow large and solid, it is perfectly solid, white, of a fine sweet flavor and of extra good keeping qualitv. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, % lb. 50c. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original J. M. Philips' Sons; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Mercersburg, Pa. : J. M. Philips' Sons
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