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Mr. Sampson: I grow the Crawford and the Golden Heart. 

 The Crawford is a little too pungent for early use, but for win 

 ter use, along about Christmas, it is very nice. For early 

 market use, the Golden Heart is the favorite. -It will bleach 

 much quicker than the Crawford, as it is a more tender variety, 

 but it will not stand as much heat. 



Mr. Busch: Have you grown the White Plume? 



Mr. Sampson: I have not; I have thoilght some of using 

 it, but I did not believe the flavor of it was as good as the other 

 varieties I have named. 



Col. Stevens: Do you plant your celery in trenches or on 

 the ground? 



Mr. Sampson: This past season, I set it on the surface on 

 account of its being easier to cultivate without covering up the 

 plants, and because I could use a horse. The season before 

 the past one, I set it in trenches. 



Pres. Underwood: Is it absolutely necessary to have this 

 marsh land? Can't you raise very good celery on good garden 

 soil anywhere? 



Mr. Sampson: Yes, I think we can; but I would not advise 

 anybody to go into it too extensively on such land, because in 

 extremely dry weather the celery will be apt to be tough and 

 stringy, and it may be spongy. 



Mr. Brackett: Can't you buy the young plants and trans- 

 plant them instead of raising from the seed? 



Mr. Sampson: Yes, you can buy them. I have to start my 

 plants pretty early in order to get decent plants. 



Mr. Brackett: I have a neighbor who takes broken tiling 

 and puts it over the plants when he wishes to bleach them. I 

 know it is a success, because I bought some celery from him 

 that had been bleached in that way, and it was very fine. 



Mr. Sampson: I have experimented with tiling. I took 

 some four-inch tiling and put it over some of my celery plants, 

 covering one plant with each tile. About a week afterwards, I 

 examined the plants inside and found that they were completely 

 cooked. They were dead. 



Mr. Allyn: There was no chance for the air to circulate in 

 there. 



Mr. Sampson: The sun, shining on the tiling, heated it, and 

 the inside became so hot that it scalded the plants. That is 

 the great objection to banking in hot weather, because the 

 ground is apt to get so hot that the celery is liable to rust and 

 spoil. 



