Arlmoton Celery — Other Kinds. \oi 



The best material with which to cover the celer}- for 

 long keeping is salt hay ; but it can be ripened quick- 

 est under seaweed, which packs ver\' closely when wet. 

 One foot in thickness is sufficient for its protection 

 if the outside thermometer does not go below zero. 

 Some old mats or shutters may be put on for a short 

 time when the weather is very cold. Thermometers 

 should be provided, — one to be kept- near each end; 

 and, if the pit is one hundred feet long, or more, one 

 will be needed in the middle. 



The list of varieties is large : but still, as in the case 

 of manv other vegetables, there are but few of really 

 superior merit. Rawson's Early Arlington is fast be- 

 coming the leading variety in the Boston market. It 

 is first class in quality, and fully three weeks earlier 

 than the old stand-by known as the Boston ]vlarket 

 variety — grows larger, and yields more profit. 



Sandringham Dwarf White is an excellent dwarf 

 variety, of an upright habit of growth. Carters 

 Crimson is a very dwarf, solid variety, crisp and 

 tender, — first class as a red variety. Henderson's 

 Half Dwarf is somewhat similar to Crawford's ; when 

 blanched, it is of a yellow tinge, crisp, and of an agree- 

 able, though rather peculiar nutty flavor. The White 

 Plume is a new dwarf \ariety, with a very marked 

 peculiarity in the foliage. It is very white, and, being 

 rather tender, is not an extra keeper. 



The Golden Heart celery is grown mostly by gar- 

 deners in the celery region of Kalamazoo, and is set 

 in rows four and one-half feet apart, and four inches 

 apart in the row : but it takes from six to twelve of 



