Keywords: Everything for the garden (16203425320).jpg 26 <br> VBIRYTHUHG FOR TIE GA1R1EM - V©M©taIbl© Se© <br> HENDERSON'S <br> Silver Self-Blanching <br> HENDERSON'S <br> SELECTED <br> TABLE CELERIES <br> The varieties of Celeries we illustrate <br> and to which we give extra space are in <br> our opinion particularly well adapted <br> for cuhvation in private gardens <br> Our long experience with this crop <br> gives our opinion more than ordinary- <br> value We strongly urge our customers <br> to be guided by our recommendations We have abstained from <br> any 7 exaggeration in the claims we make for the respective <br> varieties They are based on the actual experience not of our- <br> selves alone but our numerous customers in every State of the <br> Union and under a great variety of conditions <br> Celery <br> PERFECT FOR <br> FAMILY USE <br> EVERYBODY CAN GROW THIS CELERY AND BLANCH IT TOO <br> This Celery can be grown by any one who has ordinarily good soil Many people whose <br> knowledge of gardening is limited to a few vegetables have not attempted to grow Celery <br> supposing that it can be grown only by an expert <br> There was a reason for such a belief when all varieties needed special handling Thirty years <br> ago we introduced the first Self-blanching Celery and since then the improvement in varieties <br> has been so marvellous that the Celery industry has been completely revolutionized Cultiva- <br> tion by the amateur is now easy and surer to succeed Indeed there is an element of success <br> even in partial failure for though the plants may be smaller than when grown by those with <br> greater experience the quality is likely to be better <br> Silver Self-blanching is a sport from the famious Golden Self-blanching from which it <br> inherits its peculiarly robust habit At the same time it has the perfect whiteness of the old <br> White Plume; a most desirable blend of the essential qualities of a Self-blanching Celery <br> It may be blanched very quickly either by banking with soil by supporting 12 inch boards <br> on edge against the row or by the use of paper collars sold for that purpose the object of either <br> method being to exclude the light which of course hastens blanching The quality is excellent <br> and it can be used fully one month earlier than the slow-blanching sorts See cut Price 15c <br> pkt 75c oz 2 00 J lb 7 00 lb <br> THE BALL CELERY BLEACHER offered in the Implement Section of this Catalogue is a new easy <br> ' and rapid method of blanching early Celery <br> IT IS PRAISED WHEREVER GROWN <br> Your Silver Self-blanching Celery is the finest I <br> ever grew DANIEL LUESING Hanover Onl <br> I had splendid success with the Silver Self-blanch- <br> ing Celery last year It was pronounced by all as the <br> most delicious ever eaten <br> JOHN A PEAKE North Lynn Conn <br> Notwithstanding a very bad drouth in this section <br> I have raised from your seeds the finest crop of Celery <br> ever grown here It was the Silver Self-blanching <br> C A BARTHOLOMEW Oneonta N Y <br> Your Silver Self-blanching Celery is the best Celery <br> I ever grew We had some ready for the table by July <br> 2d � and in September it was the finest Celery even seen <br> Some of the heads weighed 3 lbs and half a dozen <br> tipped the scales at 14 lbs You cannot speak loo <br> highly of it J HUNT Odgensburg N Y <br> We deliver Free in U S by c f Post - Express Vegetable and Flower Seeds <br> - ' or rreight at our option <br> ' by thepkt oz <br> and quarter lb <br> Also Lawn Grass Seeds 43874818 149634 78295 Page 26 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874818 c1915 10 5962/bhl title 78295 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; Peter Henderson Co Biodiversity Heritage Library Everything for the garden 1915 Garden Stories Books Bulbs Plants Catalogs Equipment and supplies Flowers Gardening Lawn mowers Seeds U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 43874818 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874818 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom bulbs plants u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-28 Check categories 2015 August 25 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16203425320 2015-08-25 03 00 39 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Everything for the garden 1915 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |