RECORD 

 YIELDS 



2530 plants. He sold and used 2220 plants, re- 

 ceiving 5 cents each for 720, and 4 cents each for 

 1500, making an income of $96.00 from 352 

 square feet. 



At this rate of yield and price an acre would 

 give 277,500 plants and bring in $12,000. But it 

 would not be practical to plant an acre so closely, 

 because it would make cultivation almost impos- 

 sible. 



Kalamazoo, Mich., is the real centre of celery 

 culture in America, about 200 acres of marsh 

 land being under cultivation there. Most of the 

 work is done by Holland families, the women and 

 children working in the fields with the men. One 

 man can tend two or three acres, or from 40,000 

 to 60,000 plants. [The returns average about 

 $200 to the acre. 



Before the severe freeze of 1895 oranges were 

 almost the only crop grown in Orange County, 

 Florida. Celery growing has since developed 

 and is becoming more general every year. Twelve 

 hundred crates to the acre is considered a good 

 yield, the income therefrom being $1680. This is 

 net income at point of shipment. 



