. Annual catalogue of Price & Reed, sucessors to Price & Knickerbocker, importers, growers and dealers in fine flower, vegetable and field seeds : also dealers in horticultural and agricultural implements. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Commercial catalogs New York (State) Albany. CORY. PERFECTION. PEE & KAY. COLOSSAL. ECLIPSE. EVERGREEN. TOM THUMB. CELERY. Should be sown very early in the Spring, in open ground or in the hot-bed. When three inches high, transplant four inches apa
. Annual catalogue of Price & Reed, sucessors to Price & Knickerbocker, importers, growers and dealers in fine flower, vegetable and field seeds : also dealers in horticultural and agricultural implements. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Commercial catalogs New York (State) Albany. CORY. PERFECTION. PEE & KAY. COLOSSAL. ECLIPSE. EVERGREEN. TOM THUMB. CELERY. Should be sown very early in the Spring, in open ground or in the hot-bed. When three inches high, transplant four inches apart into a rich, finely pulverized soil. If the weather is dry, press the earth well around the roots. Water and protect till well rooted; shear off tops once or twice to make them stocky, then transplant into rows three or five 'cct apart, in well-manured, shallow trenches, or on the surface, setting the plants six inches apart To blanch, draw the earth around the plants I'ackcl-. hi i itch variety, 5 cents. l'rlb Per nz. WHITE PLUME. A half dwarf variety, very crisp, tender. Inner leaves and heart white. To blanch, close the stalksand draw the soil up, using great care not to get the earth in the center or heart of the stalk, as it will tend to keep it from making a perfect head. It should not be handled when wet with dew or rain, as it will cause it to rust. It is a fine variety for early use, as it stands the heat of Summer better than most sorts $0 JO *S (HI Golden Scll-Klaiiehlne. Is of dwarf, compact growth, with very stocky, vigorous, straight stalks. The ribs are solid, crisp, tender and of good flavor. It is a strong grower, and, like the White Plume, requires very little labor to blanch. With hardly any banking or cover- ing up, the outer ribs become a yellowish white and the center a rich, golden yellow. It is also a good keeper DWARF WHITE GOLDEN HEART. A half- dwarf variety; when blanched the heart is large and full; o/'a golden, ivaxy yello'v: early, solid and of
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