326 How THE FARM PAYS. 



"We are often asked for the cause of and remedy for Celery 

 rusting or burning. The cause, we think, is the condition of 

 the weather, which destroys the tender fibres, or what are called 

 the working roots of the plant, for we find it is usually worse in 

 seasons of extreme drought or moisture, particularly in warm 

 weather. 



We know of no remedy, nor do we believe there is any. "We may 

 say, however, that it is less liable to appear on new, fresh soils, that are 

 free from acids or sourness, than on old soils that have been surfeited 

 with manure, and have had no rest. 



Although, under ordinary conditions, if proper varieties of Celery 

 are used, the crop should never be pithy or hollow, yet we have found 

 that now and then even the most solid kinds of Celery have become 

 more or less hollow when planted in soft, loose soils, such as reclaimed 

 peat bogs, where the soil is mostly composed of leaf mould. In fact, 

 on heavy or clayey soils the Celery will be considerably heavier than 

 on lighter soils. 



THE WHITE PLUME CELERY. 



Since writing the above, we have this season, 1883, been fortunate in 

 originating a new kind of celery known as the "White Plume," a 

 name given to it from its resemblance in structure to an ostrich 

 plume. It has a most beautiful pinnated leaf cut in segments, and 

 in all respects, as regards quality, is unsurpassed by any of the very 

 best kinds. The great advantage which it possesses, is a peculiarity 

 in its nature that is going to do away with nearly all the labor that 

 we have heretofore had in banking or trenching celery. When the 

 plant attains its full growth, the stems and all the inner leaves are 

 white, and all that is necessary to do in order to blanch it, is to draw 

 or hoe the soil up close against each root with the hands and again 

 plow or hoe it up, and the work is done, so that the celery will come 

 out in as fine a blanched state as other kinds will do, even when 

 banked up, with a spade, two feet in height. This banking up 

 with the spade is always a slow process, and very difficult to learn, 

 unless with large practice, and has been the drawback more than 

 anything else against the cultivation of celery. This new kind will 

 do away with all this labor and expense, and will open a new era in 

 celery culture, so that anybody can grow it just as easily as they can 

 grow a head of cabbage. The only disadvantage attending this new 

 celery is that from its whiteness and consequent tender nature it will 

 not keep later than the middle of February, but for fall and early 

 winter use there is no kind that will answer the purpose so well. 



