CELERY. 



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main supply, and running from this, are the arms 

 that do the feeding or furnishing to the crop. 



MARKETING. 



There is a rapidly-growing demand for celery in our 

 home market, and judging from the price that it brings 

 to the retail dealers in our State, there must be a large 

 profit to some one, or somewhere a large waste. The 

 many rich people who visit the South during the win- 



FIG. 8. 



Figure 8 represents a celery plant trimmed and washed, ready to be 

 packed for market. 



ter, consume large quantities. These people want 

 the very finest, and are willing to pay a good price for 



