INDEX 



Acid phosphate, 18, 29, 30, 33. 



Acme harrow, 3. 



Ammonia water, 83, 84. 



Ammonium salts as fertilizers, 17, 

 29, 30, 32. 



Areas adapted to celery culture, 10. 



Arsenical poisoning, 92. 



Availability of fertilizers, 16, 32, 33, 



Bacterial disease, 81, 82. 



Barnyard manure, value and meth- 

 ods of handling, 20, 21. 



Blanching celery for use, 95, 103; 

 for storing and winter use, 103; 

 time required for blanching, 98; 

 various methods of blanching, 

 103; with boards, 96; with earth, 

 99; with tiles, 102. 



Blight of celery, 78, 79. 



Blood and bone, 30, 32. 



Boards for blanching, 96, 97, 98, 99. 



Bone black, 32. 



Bone meal, 17, 32. 



Bordeaux dust, 78. 



Bordeaux mixture, methods of pre- 

 paring, 84, 85. 



Botanical classification of celery, 1. 



Boxes for handling celery from 

 field to storehouse, 110. 



Breaking plow, 8. 



Bunching and packing, 120. 



Bunching device, 122. 



Bunch of celery containing one 

 dozen, 121. 



Calcium carbonate, 19. 



Calcium oxide, 19. 



Calcium phosphate, 18. 



Calcium, sources of, 19. 



Capital required for celery-growing 

 on small scale, 137. 



Carbonate of copper, 83. 



Carrot rust fly, 93. 



Caterpillars, 92. 



Celeriac, 129. 



Celery hiller, 98, 100. 



Celery looper, 93. 



Celery seed, 35. 



140 



Celery seed production, 132, 133. 



Cellars, use for storing, 107, venti- 

 lation of, 107. 



Ccrcospora apii, 78, 79. 



Chemical content of fertilizers, 17. 



Climatic requirements of celery, 2. 



Cold-frames, 41. 



Cold-storage, 111. 



Copper carbonate, 83, 84. 



Copper sulphate, 84. 



Corn on celery land, 8. 



Cost of production per acre, 130. 



Cost per acre for setting plants, 56. 



Cotton-seed meal, 33. 



Cover crops, 12. 



Cowpeas, 8. 



Crates, shipping, 114, 116, 117, 123. 



Cultivation, frequency of, 61; depth 

 of, 61; tools adapted to, 61. 



"Damping," 41, 77, 78. 



Dates of planting, 50, 51, 52. 



Deluge sprinkler, 69, 70, 71. 



Depth of planting, 37, 44, 55. 



Dibbles used for setting plants, 56. 



Digger in operation, 110. 



Diseases of celery, 77; blanch-rot 

 or heart-rot, 81; blight, 78, 79; 

 "damping," 77; leaf -spot, 80; root- 

 knot, 82; rust, 81. 



Disk harrow, 9. 



Distances to plant, 56, 58. 



Drag for leveling land, 12. 



Drainage, 7; open ditches, 7; tile 

 drains, 7. 



Drain tiles used for blanching, 102. 



Dried blood, 17, 32. 



Early history of celery, 1, 2. 



Early spring crops on celery land, 

 11. 



Evans' Triumph variety, 126. 



Extent of celery industry, 2. 



Fertilizers, 16-34; application of, 23, 

 27; cost per acre, 25; determina- 

 tion of value from printed form- 

 ula, 24; home mixing of, 28-34; 

 natural fertility of soils, 16; quan- 



