80 CELEEIAC. 



Carter's Dwarf Crimson or Incomparable Dwarf Red of 

 some, is similar to the Incomparable White, but differing 

 from it in color, the leaf stalks being of a rosy crimson 

 color. 



CELEEIAC. 



Is a variety of celery producing roots resembling a tur- 

 nip or kohl-rabi. The time of sowing the seed and its 

 early culture is the same as celery, but it is grown in level 

 surface beds, and not in trenches, like the celery from the 

 nursery or seed beds. The soil should be well manured, 

 and the plants set out at the same time as celery, in rows 

 eighteen inches apart and six inches between the plants. 

 When planted out, all suckers or side shoots should be re- 

 moved, and, from time to time, during its growth in the 

 permanent bed, they should be looked over for the same 

 purpose. 



Keep the soil well stirred between the plants, and in dry 

 weather water freely, so as to keep them in a constantly 

 growing state. When their growth is nearly completed, 

 they should receive a slight earthing up with the hoe, so as 

 to somewhat blanch the roots, and render them more tender 

 and succulent. 



Some persons protect it in winter as directed for celery, 

 others cut the tops off and store them in pits like potatoes, 

 or in boxes of damp sand or earth in a dry cellar. It is a 

 much hardier plant than the common celery. 



It is used as a root salad by slicing the roots and serving 

 them with vinegar and oil, by stewing them like turnips 

 and serving them with drawn butter, and slicing and put- 

 ting them into soups for flavoring purposes. It is a very 

 desirable addition to our list of winter vegetables. 



There are three varieties named in the seed catalogues, 

 but the ordinary sort is tho best of them. 



