. Dreer's garden book 1916. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 8 HfNRrADRBR -PHILADELPHIA 4>A^ WOICEVEGETABLE SEEDS. WINTER KING CELERY. (See colored plate opposite.) An attractive feature of this variety is that while the other stalks are green, it naturally produces many golden hearts, which are decidedly crisp, very tender and of excellent flavor. In addition to these desirable qualities, it is one of the best of the winter-keeping Celeries, and may be allowed to remai
. Dreer's garden book 1916. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 8 HfNRrADRBR -PHILADELPHIA 4>A^ WOICEVEGETABLE SEEDS. WINTER KING CELERY. (See colored plate opposite.) An attractive feature of this variety is that while the other stalks are green, it naturally produces many golden hearts, which are decidedly crisp, very tender and of excellent flavor. In addition to these desirable qualities, it is one of the best of the winter-keeping Celeries, and may be allowed to remain in the trench for a long time, and will come out in first-class condition, solid and free from rot. The plants make a strong growth and are very easy to blanch, which is a decided advantage to the amateur gardener, and also a valuable feature for the market grower. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; J lb., $ EARLY BLACK BEAUTY EGG-PLANT. (See colored plate opposite.) This beautiful Egg-PIant is a great improvement over the well-known and largely-grown New York Improved Large Purple. The plants are remarkably healthy in their growth, and produce an abundance of large fruits fully ten days earlier than the New York Improved. The skin is of a rich purplish- black color, making the fruit very attractive in appearance. It is also entirely spineless. The quality is all that could be de- sired. Pkt., 10 cts.; J oz., 30 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; J lb., $ YELLOW ICE-CREAM WATERMELON. This unique Watermelon is aptly described in a letter received from Mr. E. Stanley Brown, Horti- culturist, East Moriches, N. Y., in which he writes: "After repeated trials, covering four years, I have no hesitancy in stating that Yellow Ice Gream is the ' par excellence' of all Watermelons. The vines are strong, inclined to overbear, and whether fully grown or undeveloped, there seems to be no difference in their high quality of melons, being sweet and crisp. The flesh is bright golden-yellow, skin be
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