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most of the large growing sorts in weight of bunch 

 when grown under the same conditions. 



Santiringham. Under good 

 cultivation this variety attains 

 a height of two feet and a cir- 

 cumference of twelve inches. 

 It is perfectly solid, the stalks 

 half round, the leaves and stems 

 being rather light green. When 

 blanched it is a yellowish white, 

 crisp, tender and of very fine 

 flavor. The great advantage of 

 this, as well as the other dwarf 

 sorts, over the large kinds, is 

 that nearly every part of the 

 plant is fit to eat when blanched. 

 For instance, if in the dwarf 

 varieties the length is only two 

 feet and in the large sorts three 

 feet, the extra length of the 

 large sort is unfit for use, being 

 usually only an elongation of 

 the outer leaves, the heart or 

 edible part rarely rising more 

 than eighteen inches in the large 

 sorts, while the dwarf sorts may 

 be said to be all heart. This 

 variety in this section seems to 

 have more tendency to blight 

 or rust than any other kinds ; 

 but where it can be grown with- 

 Fig. 38. HENDERSON'S HALF out this difficulty, as it can be 

 DWARF CELERY. j n such Boi i 8 as at Kalamazoo, 



Michigan, I think it has no equal. 



Boston Market, A great favorite around Boston and 



