34 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



Mr. Brown — Let us know how to grow celery, without so much 

 hard work. 



Mr. Doan — Yes! Let us hear how the famous Kalamazoo mar- 

 ket gardeners grow celery? 



Mr. Browne — At Kalamazoo it is grown On reclaimed swamp- 

 lands^ so near the water level that the supply of moisture is constant. 

 It is cultivated in rows, and in order to have a succession of crops is 

 planted at several periods of the season. As the plant grows the 

 earth is kept drawn up to the stalk, and when of sufficient size a 

 board is set at each side of the rows to protect and to bleach it for 

 market, 



Mr. Doan — A cheap process is to keep the earth drawn up dar- 

 ing the growing season, and in the fall tie the tops lightly and re- 

 move to the cellar for winter use. 



Mr. Webster — I have no difficulty in growing celery for family 

 use. For protection from the sun, I plant alternate rows of celery 

 and butter beans, — this (with us) is essential to success. When the 

 plants are large enough we remove to the trenches and plank up or 

 mulch for bleaching. When the season favors, we have good suc- 

 cess. I get the best results from growing the half dwarf. Moisture 

 is the great need of the crop, but we should never handle it while 

 wet. 



Mr. Mason — I grow celery from plants set in old bottomless tin 

 cans. As the plants grow I draw the can up with the plant, keeping 

 the dirt drawn up after it. In the fall we remove to boxes, and put 

 into the cellar for winter. " The nearer the pump, the better the 

 celery." 



Mr. Hay — I know a man — Mr. Holly — who can grow celery, but 

 he won't talk celery. Men that succeed don't seem to talk much. 

 ("I am always talking.") I can raise, but cannot keep it. 



Mr. Hay presented a request from Dr. P. G. Gillett, Superinten- 

 dent of the Illinois Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, inviting the 

 Society to visit the Institution to-morrow at 7:30 a. m., which invi- 

 tation was accepted, and notice given that street cars would call ac- 

 cordingly at Pacific Hotel and "The Park" for the accommodation 

 of all the members. 



