166 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Europe, in scions, mostly in nursery; blackberries, 32; cherries, 60; cher- 

 ries, 5, of the above importation from Hungary, yet in nursery; currants, 

 24; gooseberries, 18; grapes, 150; mulberries, 5, of those- known as ever- 

 bearing; nectarines, 2; nuts, 22; peaches, 177; pears, 80; plums, 95, includ- 

 ing native, common (domestica), and Japanese; quinces, 10; raspberries, 

 19, including red and yellow; black-caps, 43, including black, purple, and 

 yellow tip-rooting varieties; service berries, 3, all of the dwarf class; straw- 

 berries, 160. 



Responding to a question, Mr. Lewis said he used soft soap and sulphur 

 in equal parts, making a sort of thick paint. It is equally good against 

 borers as against vermin. 



For the same purposes, Mr. Morrill uses coarse hard soap, rubbed on 

 after digging out the borers. 



A BRIEF PAPER ON CELERY CULTURE. 



The following brief paper on celery culture was submitted by Mr. Joseph 

 DuNKLEY of Kalamazoo: 



The best varieties are White Plume for summer and Giant Pascal for 

 winter. 



The sowing of seed for summer use should be begun early in March, in 

 a. properly constructed hotbed. Be sure to keep the celery growing, to 

 avoid its going to seed. For late fall and winter use, the seed should be 

 sowed in a well-enriched, moist situation, from April 1 to April 20. I 

 would advise enriching the land very highly, say not less than one hun- 

 dred loads of well rotted manure per acre, plowing it in properly. 



Mark ofp your land in rows four feet apart, for summer crop or White 

 Plume, five feet apart for winter or Giant Pascal. Planting may commence 

 for summer and early fall use about May 10; for winter use, from June 10 

 to July 10. 



White Plume is a very delicate variety, and I should advise using boards 

 or paper for bleaching, as it discolors very easily. For late fall and win- 

 ter use I would advise hilling with earth, to commence about Sept. 10. 

 Celery for winter use will be much handsomer if it is hilled one month 

 before it is stored. 



The best way for storing is to put your celery in a trench not over one 

 foot wide. Dig your celery and trim off all yellow or decayed leaves, and 

 stand it up perfectly straight in the trench, drawing earth to the sides and 

 to the top, and, as the winter advances, cover the top with three inches of 

 marsh hay or straw. 



We do all our hardest labor with horses. 



THE QUESTION BOX. 



Has any one grown the Champion, the Elberta, or the Diamond peach 

 in this latitude? 



Mr. Morrill: I have fruited the Diamond. It is a clingstone of the 

 Crawford type. If you want a clingstone you would better take an Old- 

 mixon. I see nothing extra in the Diamond. I have not fruited the Cham- 



