CHAPTER XVII 



Celery Growing for Health, Pleasure and 

 Profit 



In the preceeding chapters we have considered 

 the production of celery for home use and for mar- 

 keting, but have given very little attention to the 

 desirability of celery growing as a pleasant voca- 

 tion. In the cultivation of a garden, or a small area 

 of some much crop as celery, the business or pro- 

 fessional man can find a source of refreshment and 

 a means of relaxation from the every-day cares of 

 life. There is something so clean and refreshing 

 about the straight, regular rows of celery plants, 

 and the color of the celery foliage is perhaps the 

 most restful that the eye can look upon. An hour's 

 time, either morning or evening, spent in the cul- 

 tivation of a plot of celery will bring reward in more 

 ways than the mere production of so many dozens 

 of plants for home use or market. There is some- 

 thing about the smell of the fresh earth together 

 with the odor of growing celery that will whet one's 

 appetite to the point of starvation. 



We hear a great deal about the nerve-building 

 properties of celery, and the uses of celery as a tonic, 

 but as digestion holds sway over both body and 

 mind, we can readily conclude that the benefits ari- 

 sing from the cultivation and use of celery are large- 



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