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Title: Manual of everything for the garden : 1894
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Peter Henderson & Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seed industry and trade Catalogs Seeds Catalogs Flowers Seeds Catalogs Plants, Ornamental Catalogs Vegetables Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: New York : Peter Henderson & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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.LARGE WHITE BELGIAN. The lower part of the root is white; that growing and exposed above ground, green. It is exclusively grown for stock. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. % lb., 70c. lb.YELLOW BELGIAN. When young, the roots are mild and deli-cate ; and when full grown, valuable for stock. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. 14 lb., 70c. lb. CELERY CULTURE. German, Seleri.—French, Celeri.—Spanish, Apis.1 oz.for 2,000 plants. Sow in the open ground as soon as it is fit to work in April. In June and July,plant in rows 3 feet apart for the dwarf varieties, and i to 5 feet for the larger sorts,and set 6 inches apart in rows. About the middle of August we begin the earthingup necessary for the blanching. For furth3r details on Celery culture pleaserefer to the new edition of Peter Hendersons book, Gardening for Profit. millions of People at toe Worlds Fair admired f tie Lawns produced oy sowing Trie Henderson Lawn Grass Seed. See pages i k 54. PETEf* HEriDE^SOfi St CO., fiHW YO^-— VEGETABLE SEEtDS. 29
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HENDERSONS HALF DWARF. Entirely solid, flavor rich,growth vigorous, surpassing most of the large-growing sorts inweight of bunch. 5c. pkt., 20c. oz., 60c. J^ lb., $2.00 lb. HENDERSON3 NEW ROSE. Without doubt the finest of itsclass. The color is a beautiful shade of rose, of exceptionallyfine flavor, solid, crisp and entirely free from stringiness. Asplendid variety for late use, keeping well. 5c. pkt., 30c. oz.,$1.00 y, lb., $3.50 lb. HENDERSONS NEW PINK PLUME. See Novelties,page 8, and colored plate, page 9. Price, 25c. per packet. 11 x s If by mail in quantities of % lb. and upward, postage must be addedat the rate of 8 cts. per lb. Packets, ounces and % lbs. mailedfree. For cultural directions, see bottom of page 28. HENDERSONS PERFECTED WHITE PLUME. Introduced by us years ago; time has proved it to be one of ourmost valuable contributions to horticulture. It is now more popu-lar and more largely grown than all other varieties of celerycombined. People who never grew celery before

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