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would have every gardener study the na- 

 ture of the plant for himself, and not rely 

 wholly on what I or any other man may 

 say; for with ever so good a hand-book, 

 the cultivator will never get the mastery 

 over the crop so as to handle it with a cer- 

 tainty of profit, unless he study it in con- 

 nexion with his own practical experience. 

 Celery is absolutely one of the easiest 

 vegetables to raise, and the expense of its 

 production should almost never exceed 

 one cent per head. 



My celery is banked twice only. The 

 first time is, as I said before, when it has 

 grown to a height of eighteen inches, and 

 I then bank up to the first outside leaf, 

 measuring from the root upward. This 

 leaf is the mark to work by, for if dirt be 



