Cultural Directions. 185 



leaves or litter of some sort. Northern growers who wish to 

 adopt this method, may have to vary it in some respects to 

 suit the circumstances. 



VARIETIES. 



There is more difference in quality between different lots of the 

 same variety when grown under different conditions and differently 

 managed, than there is between different 

 varieties grown exactly alike and at the 

 same time. As I grow it year after 

 year, forcing rapid succulent growth 

 by the free use of nitrogenous fertil- 

 izers, especially of composted hen 

 manure and nitrate of soda (concen- 

 trated fertilizers alone will not do for 

 me), I nave celery in perfection white 

 as snow or yellow as gold, brittle as 

 glass, and sweet as a nut. But it is 

 always at its best when freshly dug 



Golden Heart. 



from the bed, in late 

 fall or winter. The 

 early stuff brought to 



Golden Se1f-Blanchmg. 



September, whether home-grown or from Kalamazoo, is not to 

 my taste. The self-bleaching celeries need higher culture than 

 the common sorts, otherwise they iire liable to be more dwarf 

 than desirable. Their flavor is improved by earthing-up same as 

 other celeries, but they can be made fit for the table by mere 



