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Title: Seed annual 1918
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: D.M. Ferry & Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seed industry and trade Michigan Detroit Flowers Seeds Vegetables Seeds Nursery stock Gardening Equipment and supplies
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : D.M. Ferry & 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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5c; Va Lb. 40c;Lb. $1.50CELERY SEED FOR FLAVORING. Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 1/4 Lb. 20c;Lb. 50c. In this kind of celery, the roots have been developed by cultivation and not the leafstalks. The roots, which are the edible portion, keep well for winter use and are excelleiit for soups and stews. They are also cooked and sliced as a salad. Sow seed at the same season and give the same treatment as commoncelery. Transplant to moist, rich soil, in rows two feet apart and sixinches apart in row. Give thorough culture. It is not necessary to earthup or handle the plants. After the roots have attained a diameter oftwo inches, they are fit for use. To keep through winter pack in dampearth or sand and put in the cellar or leave out of doors, covering withearth and straw like beets and carrots. 1 C J.U D -^^ improved variety of turnip rootedLiarge omOOtn I^ragUe celery producing large roots of nearly globular shape and comparatively smooth surface. Pkt, 5c; Oz. 35c;2 Oz. 60c; Vi Lb. $1.00; Lb. $3.50
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rFIFRlAP OR TURNIP ROOTED CELERY >--*--^*^*^V^ celerv. the roots have been develor FRENCHS Success CHERVIL A hardy annual with aromatic leaves somewhat resembhng parsleyand by many considered superior to it in flavor. The young leaves areused in soups and for flavoring and garnishing meats and vegetables. Sow in early spring in rich, well prepared soil. The seed is slow to^.rtninate. sometimes remaining in the earth four or five weeks before■ ht^ plants appear. When the plants are about two inches high, trans-plant or thin to about one foot apart. They are ready for use in six to>n\ weeks from sowing. CI 1 This very finely curled, double sort is much superior to theUrleCl plain variety, being early maturing, handsomer and havingfully as fine fragrance and fiavor. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 35c;1/4 Lb. 60c; Lb. $2.00 36 FERRY & GOS DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. I^Of^Ol? V—I ai*crA Rrkrkftf^rl r\v Prtff**** The dried and prepared roots are much used as a substitute forV^lllV^V^lV 1

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