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more excluded from the air, the root hardly attains as 

 much thickness as by the other plan. 



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 fibers 

 or what are called the " working roots " of the plant, for 

 we find it usually worse in seasons of extreme drouth 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 vari- 

 eties 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 hol- 

 low when planted in soft loose soils, suck as reclaimed 

 peat bogs, where the soil is mostly composed of leaf 

 mould. In fact, on heavy or clayey soils, the Celery will 

 be specifically heavier than on lighter soils. 



Our manner of preserving Celery during the winter is 

 now very simple, but as the knowledge of the process is 

 not yet universally known to market gardeners in all 

 sections of the country, I will endeavor to put it plain 

 enough, so that my readers "may go and do likewise." 

 In this locality we begin to dig up that which we intend 

 for winter use about the end of October, and continue 

 the work (always on dry days) until the 20th or 25th of 

 November, which is as late as we dare risk it out for fear 

 of frost. Let it be understood that Celery will stand 

 quite a sharp frost, say ten or even fifteen degrees, while 

 twenty or twenty-five degrees will destroy it. Hence, ex- 

 perience has taught us that the sharp frosts that we usu- 

 ally have during the early part of November rarely hurt 

 it (unless in rare cases where we have had an unusual 



