Title: Michell's highest quality seeds
Identifier: CAT31283848 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Henry F. Michell Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Henry F. Michell
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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MichelVs "Far Superior Many Heart' Sellerie (Ger.) CdCry Celeri (Fr.). One ounce of seed -will produce about 3000 plants. Sow the seed late in March, or earlv in April, on fine, well worked soil. Cover slightly, or better still, roll or press it. Shade the young plants for a week or ten days, and do not let the soil dry out. Cut them once or twice before setting out to make them stocky. When from four to six inches high trans- plant into broad shallow trenches or to level ground, setting dwarf sorts in rows three feet apart, and tall sorts four feet apart, six inches apart in the rows. To store for winter use select well drained ground, dig trenches one foot wide and deep enough to cover tops of plants. Pack stalks in this in an up- right position, covering with boards to shed the water, and in severe weather protect with straw or leaves. Michell's " Far Superior Many Heart." We can especially recommend this variety to every grower of celery; its quality is superior to most other varieties,, an excellent keeper over winter and produces plenty of heart which is now the most important point in celery. Pkt. ioc, 40c. per oz., $1.00 per % lb., S3.50 per lb. Smith's Perfection Half Dwarf. This extra strain is the finest for private or market gardeners. Very large and solid, with a full golden heart; when matured the heart bursts through the outer stalks, and is of a nutty flavor. The very best late keeper. Pkt. ioc, oz. 30c, %. lb. 80c, lb. S3.00." Perle Le Grand. Its beautiful, full golden heart and rich nutty flavor are unapproached by any other variety. It is not only a good early celery, being among the first fit to use, but surpasses all others as a winter keeper. Pkt. ioc, oz. 40c, X lb. $1.25, lb. $4.00. Improved Dwarf Golden Heart. Heart large and full, of a golden yellow, excellent for either market or private use; solid, of excellent flavor, and keeps well. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, lb. $2.00. Giant Pascal. A superior keeping sort. The stalks are very large, thick, solid, crisp, and of a rich nutty flavor. The heart is golden yellow, very full and attractive in appearance. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c., % lb. 75c, lb. $2.50. Boston flarket. A short, bushy, white, solid, excellent flavored variety, constantlv in demand. Pkt. ioc, oz. 25c, % lb. 75c, lb. $2.50. White Plume, Improved. (True Stock.) The best for early use, crisp, solid, nutty flavor. Pkt. ioc, oz. 25c, lb. $3.00. Sutton's White Gem. Per original pkt. 40c. Golden Self=BIanching. Compact, large, solid, crisp, and of a nutty flavor, with a rich golden heart. Pkt. ioc, oz. 30c., lb. $3.50. SeIf=Blanching Paris Pink. The very best pink variety yet in- troduced. Its quality is very highly praised by celery growers and has given universal satisfaction. Pkt., 15c, oz. 50c, % lb. $1.50. Red Solid or Rose. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c. Henderson's "Pink Plume". Very solid and crisp, extra early and a long keeper. A self-blanching variety, and re- quires but a slight earthing-up or banking. Pkt. ioc, oz. 30c. Heartwell Perfection. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, lb. $2 00. Celeriac, or Turnip=Rooted. Large, early Erfurt variety. The root cooked or sliced and used with vinegar, makes an excel- lent salad. Pkt. 5c , oz. 20c. lb. Si.50. Soup or Flavoring Celery. Used for soups, stews, etc, and not for sowing. Oz. 5c, lb. 30c. We strongly advise using Rosin=Sized Paper for covering celerv over winter. 75c. per roll of 500 square feet. CELERY PLANTS All the leading sorts ready July 1st. Per 100, 40c, 1000, $3 50 We offer $5.00 in 2 Prizes for the best 6 stalks of Celery of any named variety or varieties exhibited at the Philadel- phia Chrysanthemum Show in November, 1899. Gurke (Ger.). GlJCtl 111 1)C T Concombre (Fr.). One ounee of seed will plant about fifty hills, or two pound" per acre. For early use sow in hothouse on small sods overturned, or in small pots plunged in earth. As soon as danger from frost is oven transplant with sod. so as not to disturb the plants, into hills in the open ground. For general crop sow from about the first to the middle of May in rich, mellow, warm soil. Use a shovelful of well-rotted manure in each hill and cover it two inches deep with fine earth. On this sow the seed, about eight or ten seeds to a hill; cover one-half inch with earth and press down. When danger from bugs is past thin out to four plants to a hill. For pickles, plant from June to middle of July. Livingston's Evergreen. Very hardy and probably the most j Early Russian. The earliest variety; the fruit is of small size prolific of all varieties. Very early, and the cucumbers retain their beautiful green color longer than any other sort. It is one of the very best varieties for slicing. Pkt. 5c, oz. ioc, X lb. 25c, lb. 80c. and produced in pairs. Pkt. 5c , oz. ioc, lb. 65c. Early Frame. A good old popular variety, of medium size. Pkt. 5c, oz. ioc, lb. 65c. (CUCUMBER continued on next page )

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