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market, and my city readers will do well 

 to note them. 



It is frequently the case that although 

 one may select the very finest of bunches 

 in market, they become spoilt before the 

 purchaser is ready to eat them. This 

 results from either being too much ex- 

 posed to the light, or from being frozen. 

 Of course it will be understood that these 

 two evils should be guarded against, and 

 the celery, instead of being hung up at 

 the stands of the marketmen, and sent to 

 the purchaser quite unprotected, should 

 be covered with a thick damp cloth, both 

 in the market and when being sent home. 

 How it should be treated after reaching 

 there I have already described. 



Thus, in detail, have I described the 



