Cauliflower Celery 



and the worry of wintering is avoided, the crop is safer against button- 

 ing and bolting, which will occasionally occur if the plants become 

 too forward under glass and receive a check when planted out. 



To succeed the First Crop there is nothing better than Sutton's 

 Magnum Bonum, which may be sown in February and onwards, first 

 under glass, and the later sowings on a sheltered border. This, when 

 well grown, has every quality of an exhibition Cauliflower, and is 

 first-rate on the table. Favourite, King of Cauliflowers, Walcheren, 

 and Autumn Mammoth may be sown in April and May for succession 

 crops, and it is a question if any more are wanted. 



The management of the crop has been treated so far as to growth, 

 but we must now say a word about its appropriation. The two 

 points for practical consideration are, how to economise a glut, and 

 how to avoid destruction by frost. Cauliflowers should be cut at 

 daybreak, or as soon after as possible, and should be taken from the 

 ground with the dew upon them. If cut after the dew has evaporated, 

 the heads will be inferior by several degrees as compared with those 

 cut at the dawn of the day. When the heads appear at too rapid a 

 rate for immediate consumption, draw the plants, allowing the earth 

 to remain attached to the roots, and suspend them head downwards 

 in a cool, dark, dry place, and every evening give them a light shower 

 of water from a syringe. The deterioration will be but trifling, and 

 the gain may be considerable, but if left to battle with a burning sun 

 the Cauliflowers will certainly be the worse for it. After being- kept 

 in this way for a week, they will still be good, although, like other 

 preserved vegetables, they will not be so good as those freshly cut 

 and in their prime. It often happens that frost occurs before the 

 crop is finished. A similar plan of preserving those that are turning 

 in may be adopted, but it is better to bury them in sand in a shed or 

 under a wall, and, if kept dry, they may remain good for a month or 

 more. 



CELERY 



Apium graveolens 



CELERY may be regarded as in. fair favour with all mankind, not only 

 as a salad, but as a wholesome and delicious vegetable. The crop 

 requires the very best of cultivation, but care should be taken not to 

 push the growth too far, for the gigantic Celery shown by members 

 of Celery clubs has, generally speaking, the quality of size only, being 

 tough and tasteless. Nevertheless, the sorts that are held in high 



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