Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., March 30, 1897. 

 Honorable Commissioner of Agriculture, Albany. 



Sir : The things which celery growers in western New York 

 chiefly want to know is what to do for blight and how to fertilize 

 the land. We have tried to find out. The attempt is submitted 

 for publication under Chapter 437 of the laws of 1896. 



Iv. H. Bailey. 



CONTENTS. 



I. TWO DESTRUCTIVE CELERY BLIGHTS {By B. M. 



Duggar). 



Introductory. 



A. Early Blight. 



General Discussion. 



Remedies. 



Artificial Cultures of the Fungus. 



B. Late Blight. 



General Discussion . 

 Late Blight in the Storage Hotise- 

 Remedies. 



Special Chara£lers of the Fmig7is, and Artificial 

 Cultures. 



C. Remarks About the Construction of Storage 



Houses. 



D. Bibliography of the Celery Blights. 



II. EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS ON CELERY 



{By L. H. Bailey). 



