. 1898 [catalog]. Nursery stock, Kansas, McPherson, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs, Seeds. with distinctly yellow core. 5c: oz. 10c ilb. 20c: lb. 60c. Pkt. Danver's Half Long.—One of the most productive and best for field cul- ture. Roots are large, but short, tapering abruptly to a point; very uniform and handsome, flesh deep orange, sweet and tender. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; HYb. 20c; lb. 60c. White Belgain.—Grows one-third Ymt of ground. Roots pure white, green above ground with small, top, flesh rather coarse: grown extensively for stock. Pkt. 5c: oz. 10c; Mlp- c; 151b.
. 1898 [catalog]. Nursery stock, Kansas, McPherson, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs, Seeds. with distinctly yellow core. 5c: oz. 10c ilb. 20c: lb. 60c. Pkt. Danver's Half Long.—One of the most productive and best for field cul- ture. Roots are large, but short, tapering abruptly to a point; very uniform and handsome, flesh deep orange, sweet and tender. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; HYb. 20c; lb. 60c. White Belgain.—Grows one-third Ymt of ground. Roots pure white, green above ground with small, top, flesh rather coarse: grown extensively for stock. Pkt. 5c: oz. 10c; Mlp- c; 151b. Long Orange. Danver's Half Long. This is one of the best, if not one of the finest of salad plants. Although largely grown at the present time, still its production should be greatly in- creased. No dinner table is now regarded furnished without its well filled celery dishes. It may be grown in any garden with very little labor, and es- pecially the dwarf varieties whichreally do not require to be grown in trenches. Sow seed in hot beds or in a box in the house, or in the open ground as soon as the soil can be worked, and when the plants are four go six inches high, make trenches a foot deep and four to five feet apart. Enrich thoroughly the bottom of the trenches, a foot deep and plant six to eight inches in trenches, and as the plants grow haul the fine earth up about them to blanch their stems. The dwarf kind may be set on the surface in rows three feet apart, and the stems blanched by hilling 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 E. Annabil & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. McPherson, Kan. : E. Annabil & Co.
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