Excerpt from Twenty-Ninth Annual Catalog, 1923 Golden self blanching. - This is not only a very early variety but one of the best for home use or market. It is not quite so early as White Plume but so much finer quality that it is gener ally preferred as a main crop sort. Plants are medium size, compact and stocky. With yellowish green foliage. As they mature the inner stem turns a beautiful yellow golden color and blanch ing is early accomplished. Being of handsome color, very crisp, tender, free from stringiness and of fine flavor, it is the leading sort grown. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.