ABOUT FRUITS, FLOWERS AND FARMING. 207 



Solid celery is not a particular variety any celery is solid 

 when properly grown and if grown too rankly the most 

 solid celery in the world will be hollow. 



We have seen it recommended to water the trenches once 

 or twice during the season with a weak brine of salt and 

 water. Besides the fertilizing effect of salt, it will have 

 the effect of retaining moisture in the soil, and what is of 

 yet more moment, it destroys the parasitical fungus 

 (Puccinca Ileraclei) which attacks and rusts the plant, and 

 probably would, also, guard it against a maggot which is 

 apt to infest and very much injure it. There is an insect, 

 which, in very dry weather, is apt to sting the leaf and cause 

 it to wilt. While the dew is on in the morning, sift lime 

 over the plants once or twice, and it will check the fly. 



If any think these directions too minute and the process 

 vexatious, they are at liberty to try a cheaper method and 

 may, once in a while, succeed. But a certain crop, year by 

 year, cannot be expected without exact and very careful 

 cultivation. We have learned this by sorrowful expe 

 rience. 



The main crop of celery need not be placed in the 

 trenches until the middle of July or the first of August. 

 It s greatest growth will be in the fall months. 



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SEEDLING TREES. Many trees which are entirely hardy 

 when grown, are very tender during the first and second 

 winters. Cover them with straw, refuse garden gatherings, 

 leaves, etc. Sometimes it is best to raise them and lay 

 them in by the heels, by which those gardeners designate 

 the operation of laying trees in trenches or excavations, 

 and covering the roots and a considerable portion of the 

 stems. This will not be extra labor in all cases when the 

 young trees are to be reset, at any rate, the second year 

 in nursery rows. 



