. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1883 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, with directions for their culture : also, a large assortment of plants, gladiolus, lilies, horticultural requisites, &c. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. Fo7- the Farm and Garden. 77 CELERY. [Apinm ^rarentens. Lin. Ce/ene, Ku. Se//ei-i, Geh. Apio, Si'.] O
. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1883 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, with directions for their culture : also, a large assortment of plants, gladiolus, lilies, horticultural requisites, &c. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. Fo7- the Farm and Garden. 77 CELERY. [Apinm ^rarentens. Lin. Ce/ene, Ku. Se//ei-i, Geh. Apio, Si'.] One ounce will son- n bed of nine square yards, and produce about 7,000 plants. CUl/ri^HE.—For the first crop sow early in Marcli in a sentle liotlx'cl, and for the main crop early in April on a wann sheltered border, and water carefnlly. The plants must bo transplanted as soon as they will bear handlin:;; plant out at intervals until the middle of July. I'lantiug upon the surface instead of ill trenches is most j^eneral, although not tlu^ best methotl. The soil should be very rich and deep, and the plants placed in rows three feet apart, and from six to eisht inches ajiart in the rows. Earth up the plants as advani e in frrowth, but leave the hearts uncovered until the final soiling. If 1)1/ mail hi iinantities <i/4 oiiiiccx aiiil npwariU, poxtnye must be adiled at the rate o/16c. per pound. or market use. I'er 10; Boston Market. A favorite variety, remarkable for its tender, crisp, and snccnleut stems, and its [leculiarly mild flavor; it is grown almost exclu sivelv b.^' Boston market gardeners. Pel' pkt., 10 cents; o7,., ;50 cents- ; lb., Crawford's Half Dwarf. An extra fine variety, of tine flavor; a favorite among market gardeners. Per 10 cents ; oz., 50 ; lb., $ : lb., $ Dwarf White French, or Inroniparablo Dwarf. A superb variety, of liwaif luibit, very solid, crisp, and of line flavor. Per pkt., 10 cents : oz.,30; lb
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