and as a flavouring agent, etc, in pickling. The leaf-stalks are cooked 

 as a vegetable When properly blanched they are boiled and served 

 like Asparagus. 



Celery is considered alterative, diuretic, eminenagogue, stimulant 

 and carminative generally is considered a wholesome pot-herb. 



VII : Celery likes a rich light mjist soil it requires the very best 

 of cultivation liberal manuring and watering. 



To obtain fine quality and appearance the plant should be pushed to 

 as rapid a growth as possible. If allowed to become stunted, the stalks 

 will be knotty in appearance and bitter in taste. Celery when badly 

 grown is rank, coarse and almost unfit to eat ; when blanched it acqui- 

 res a mild and agreeable flavour, the stalks are sweet, crisp and 

 juicy. 



Blanching is accomplished by gradually excluding the light. The ope- 

 ration consists of gradually earthing up the plants as they grow and 

 continue until only the very tops of the leaves are visible. Better com- 

 mence earthing up when the crop is about half grown Tie up the 

 stalks before you start. 



Arachis hypogaea ; Foul Soudani ; Ground, Earth or Pea nut. 

 Leguminosae : Fam : Papilionaceae, 



II : By fruit (legume or pod) ; unhuskcd. 



III : loth () f 3 to 15* of 4ti. 



V : Eight months later November Great care is recommended 

 in harvesting don't pull the plant without loosening the earth *t the 

 point where the fruits penetrate the ground. 



VII : Locally the nuts are mainly consumed in a roasted or par- 

 ched condition. They contain about 45 <>/ () f a dear yellow oil ; non- 

 drying ; edible, bearing a great similarity to olive oil. It has a pleasant 

 nutty flavour and smell, keeps for a long time without becoming rancid. 



It is used for culinary purposes, as a salad oil, soap-making, lubri- 

 cating, etc. As a lamp oil it burns long, but gives a less luminous fla- 

 me Largely used as an adulterant and substitute of olive oil In 

 Kgypt the oil is not extracted. 



Nuts are highly nutritious ; besides oil, they contain about 24 /o 

 of albuminoids. They are used in confectionery in chocolate making. 

 i'tc. The oil-cake is well adapted for stock. 



