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 should be covered to a depth of four or five inches. 

 In about a month they will have become sufficiently 

 blanched. The globe-shaped bulbous roots form 

 the edible portion, and are commonly ready for 

 use in October. For winter use they may be 

 stored in trenches after the manner in which celery 

 is kept; or placed in sand in a cool cellar. 



They are used on the table in various ways; 

 they may be put into soups; or sliced and used 

 with vinegar, making a most excellent salad; or 

 cooked by boiling, after being scraped and sliced, 

 till they have become very tender, after which 

 they are stewed in just milk enough to cover, then 

 seasoned with salt and served with butter. A 

 very productive variety is known as "Apple- 

 Shaped"; very regular, almost spherical in form, 

 with a fine neck and small leaves; it may be 

 planted very thickly and will yield a heavy crop. 

 It is botanically classed as a kind of celery, and 

 is often catalogued by seedsmen as a variety of 

 that plant. 



CELERY (Apium graveolens). Although the 

 culture of this crop has become widely extended, 

 and the amount of annual product has vastly 

 increased of late years and is still continually 



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