CELERY 33 



year the markets were bare of this most delicate 

 and appetizing vegetable. 



It was found by taking advantage of the 

 cooler portions of the year that soils in South- 

 ern California, in the Sacramento Valley, 

 and in Florida could be made to produce 

 certain types of celery to a high degree of per- 

 fection and that this product could be brought 

 upon the market to supplement the supply from 

 the Northern fields and to extend the season. 



The advances made in the handling of per- 

 ishable freight have been one of the chief fac- 

 tors contributing to the commercial success of 

 celery culture in both California and Florida. 

 Fortunately celery is not so highly perishable 

 as some of the vegetable crops now grown and 

 successfully transported to distant markets, but 

 its bulk restricts the shipment by express and 

 its perishability prohibits the use of slow 

 freight. 



Besides the factors already mentioned, the 

 extension of the celery business has been greatly 

 benefited by a variety list possessing well marked 

 types particularly adapted to different systems 

 of cultivation. 



The dwarf self-blanching types represented 

 by White Plume and Golden Self-blanching are 

 peculiarly suited for climatic and shipping con- 



