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pecially of the late celery in March and April. The 

 remedy is to spray the plants in the seed-bed and field 

 with bordeaux mixture or sulfur solutions. 



Black-heart and foot-rot seem to be led up to by too 

 much moisture. They are infectious, and the fields should 

 be well cleaned of diseased plants. 



Varieties of celery. 



Golden Self-blanching is the chief variety of celery 

 in Florida. Several other varieties have been grown, 

 such as White Plume, and Giant Pascal, but with less 

 profit. 



Bulletins. 



Celery, Farmers' Bulletin 282, April, 1907. 



Celery Growing in Colorado, Colo. Bulletin 144, March, 1909. 



Celery, S. C. Bulletin 144, April, 1909. 



CHICORY 



Common chicory is grown for the roots, which are dried 

 and used as a substitute for coffee, or as an addition to it. 

 Other varieties are cultivated for their leaves and leaf- 

 stalks. It is used largely in France and the Netherlands 

 and to some extent in England. 



The roots of chicory are used as a coffee substitute. 

 With this product we are not here concerned, but with the 

 leaves, which are used as a salad product. 



The usual garden soil will be found sufficiently rich for 

 this plant, and will need little care in the way of prepara- 



