CELERY CULTURE. 



BY JOHN TOBIAS, OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO. 



Since writing upon this subject, some six years ago, celery culture 

 near the city of Denver has taken great strides forward, as far as quantity 

 is concerned. At the present time not only is the home market fully 

 supplied, but it is being shipped to all the large mining towns in Colorado 

 and hundreds of miles in every direction, and in dry years like the last 

 (1887) was shipped to Kansas City and farther East, thanks to our 

 system of irrigation which makes it a safe crop to grow in Colorado. 



As far as quality is concerned I can see no improvement in the past 

 five years. The following are the varieties mostly grown, and the merits 

 of each : 



At the head of the list and for main crop I would place Golden 

 Dwarf, or Golden Heart of some seed dealers both the same as the best 

 for winter use. 



This variety will grow two feet high and twelve inches in circumfer- 

 ence. It will keep longer and better than any other variety I have tried. 

 Perhaps three-fourths of the celery grown for this market is of this 

 variety. White Plume would perhaps conie next in quantity grown. 

 This variety is intended for fall and early winter use ; is self-blanching to 

 a great extent, the inside stems and tops being of a silvery white color, 

 even without banking up; is very ornamental on the table and is used 

 very extensively for this purpose. Although blanched in appearance it 

 is by no means as brittle and tender as other varieties that require the 

 exclusion of light to blanch them. If earthed up, like other varieties, it 

 would be sweet and crisp as any ; but it is not a good variety to keep later 

 than New Years. 



The Golden Self-Blanching is a variety introduced lately which is 

 growing in favor with many for early use ; is of a short and stocky 

 growth, rarely ever over eighteen inches high, the inside being very 

 short ; grows very close and compact ; very liable to rot if banked up too 

 high in hot weather in fact, should not be banked at all. A few inches 



