88 CELERY. 



in the strength of the dung, comprising 

 the soluble and most powerful portions, 

 leaches downward, stains the celery, and 

 creates a sort of brown rust which mars 

 the beauty of the plant, and of course 

 greatly impairs its flavor. In a stroll 

 through the New York markets, a few 

 days since, I saw quantities of celery 

 exposed for sale, which had undoubtedly 

 been thus injured. This plan of covering 

 with horse-dung has arisen from the same 

 fallacious idea as the choice of a Southern 

 aspect for the Winter beds, and is almost 

 as productive of loss to the gardener. 

 Besides which it forces unsuspecting 

 purchasers to eat in their ignorance food 

 flavored in a manner that would and 

 should create absolute nausea, if the truth 

 were known. If the use of this sub- 



