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variety that does not seed the season it is marketable, 

 such as Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage, or Celery, we pro- 

 cure enough to last at least two seasons ; the first season 

 only a little is sown, to test the merit of the variety, (for 

 we are never incautious enough to risk a full crop with one 

 experiment); if it proves valuable, we have enough in re- 

 serve to sow for a full crop, knowing that it is sure to- 

 germinate. This was particularly the case with our New 

 Dwarf Celery; on the recommendation of a friend I im- 

 ported ten pounds of the seed, but doubtful of how it 

 would suit our market, only as much was sown as would 

 furnish a few hundred plants. These showed so much 

 superiority, in all respects, to the tall varieties that we had 

 been growing, that the following season I put in half my 

 crop with the dwarf seed. The thing was entirely new 

 in our market, and so much superior, that it sold for prices 

 that would seem incredible. My ten lb. bag was not half 

 exhausted, and the next season I planted my whole crop, 

 fourteen acres, containing nearly half a million roots, and 

 made one of the best hits I ever made in gardening. But 

 by this time my neighbors began to take an unusual in- 

 terest in my Celery crop, and I could monopolize the va- 

 riety no longer. New Yorkers will this season appreciate 

 Celery more than ever before, and in consequence far more 

 will be sold, for there is as marked a difference in the 

 flavor of this variety and the coarse growing kinds, as be- 

 tween a Bartlett and a Choke pear. 



