46 CELERY. 



As I never set out a poor plant I never 

 resort to this make-shift expedient.. The 

 comparitive merits of the two plans may 

 readily be tested by planting one row of 

 celery without removing the tops, and 

 another with the usual treatment. If the 

 superiority of the former practice be not 

 made manifest, the result will differ from 

 what I have observed on my own farm. 

 It has happened to me to raise a poor 

 crop more than once after having taken 

 every precaution, merely because I topped 

 my plants. Experience has taught me 

 these practical results, and experience I 

 have always thought to be the best 

 teacher one can have. It is useless for 

 us to see certain results transpiring be- 

 fore our eyes if we are not led to discover 

 the hidden causes at work to produce 



