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on the surface, and I think a spreading of hay before the soil 

 was thrown upon them. 



Mr. Smith. I never heard of any cabbages rotting so 

 early in the year unless they were very ripe. 



Mr. Sage. Does a superabundance of water create a 

 superabundance of water in the cabbage head when the 

 season is dry? 



Mr. Smith. I do not know about that. 



Mr. Sage. I would like to ask the gentleman what celery 

 he finds the most satisfactory and profitable ? 



Mr. Smith. I think my heaviest heads. That is a little 

 difierent from the question he asks. My heaviest heads 

 would be most profitable for the market, but of course it is 

 more work to trim them. I like to see celery, of which 

 thirty-six heads would sell for a box. I know there are 

 many here in the hall that difier from that, but I should 

 think the Boston market now is for celery of that class. 

 White Plume I have not raised extensively this year. I 

 have in other years somewhat. This year I raised some 

 Golden Heart that was very good. That is very nearly as 

 easily planted as the White Plume. For many uses I like 

 it better. 



Question. I would like to ask the gentleman if he con- 

 siders any celery that is not banked fit to eat ? 



Mr. Smith. Well, I think the gentleman that raised 

 White Plume celery told us that it could be planted very 

 much quicker than the other, and I should think perhaps 

 half of it would be fit to eat. But if I was going to raise it, 

 I think I would follow a difierent plan from what I. did when 

 I raised the White Plume before. I should raise it for an 

 earlier market. 



Question. Does not the gentleman find, with the White 

 Plume or any other celery, that, if it is not banked, it has 

 not a satisfactory market? 



Mr. Smith. Well, I did not suppose celery was ever put 

 into the market that had never been handled, as you sa}^ 

 paper put about it ; I suppose that is always done. There 

 are people in the hall who raise early White Plume without 

 any earth. 



Professor Humphrey of the State Experiment Station. 



