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"bark of the root, and dividing the root into pieces, leaving the 

 stalk adhering to each portion of the root. These are placed in an 

 upright position, in a glass about one-third full of water, and set 

 on the table. The water will prevent it from wilting, and pre- 

 serve the stalks fresh and crisp. 



It can be stored for winter use in a cool root-cellar, by taking 

 it up in a dry day and planting the roots in fresh earth in the 

 cellar, much in the same way as recommended for Cauliflower. 

 The cellar must not be kept too warm ; as near 30° Fahrenheit, 

 as possible, or just above freezing, is warm enough. In such a 

 cellar we have kept it in excellent condition, and find it more 

 convenient than keeping it in the ground. But those who have 

 no such cellar can keep it in trenches made in a dry spot where 

 no water will settle in them. The trench should be dug as nar- 

 row as possible and as deep as the length of the Celery. In this 

 trench the Celery is placed in an upright position, packed close 

 so as to fill it entirely, with the green tops just on a level with 

 the top of the trench. In order to have it keep well it must be 

 covered gradually with straw, as the weather becomes colder, 

 until by the holidays it is covered from a foot to eighteen inches 

 deep with straw. If, however, this be all put on at once in the 

 fall, the Celery will spoH. Covered gradually as the weather 

 becomes colder, commencing the covering as soon as the ground 

 has frozen to the depth of a couple of inches, the Celery will 

 keep well, and can be easUy got at any day in the winter. If 

 snow falls in the meantime to such a depth that the frost cannot 

 reach the ground, that will of itseK be a sufficient covering, if it 

 can be relied upon to remain ; if not, a covering of straw should 

 be laid upon the snow, which wUl help to keep it from melting. 

 But the straw used should be clean, not that which has been 

 used as bedding for the farm stock. From such straw there 

 might leach down upon the Celery a dirty water that would 

 impart to it a decided barnyard flavor. 



The best variety of Celery is the Sandringham Dwarf White. 

 It has a fine nutty flavor, is crisp, tender and soHd. There are 

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