i8o The Canadian Horticulturist. 



About a month before it is desired to have the celery ready for the tabic the 

 earthing up should begin. Three men are required to do the first banking. 

 One holds the leaves together, standing astride the rows, while two others shovel 

 up the banks to about half the height of the leaves. After ten or fifteen days 

 a second banking carries the earth c}uite to the tops of the leaves, after which 

 the celery must have ten to twenty days, according to the weather, before it will 

 be white enough to eat. 



Of course in hot weather it will blanch quickly and slowly in cool weather, 

 and since our weather in the fall is very capricious, it is not easy to keep up a 

 constant supply of celery. In hot weather it will not keep, and in cool weather 

 it blanches slowly, and consequently the market in fall is apt to be fluctuating in 

 price. 



By the ist of November we must make arrangements to store all celery that 

 is not ready for immediate sale. This is done in pits covered with boards, and 

 these again covered with eel grass, leaves or other litter, and with care and skill 

 it may be kept till April in good order. In keeping it much depends on the 

 weather, and also upon the location of the pit and the way it is managed. 



The best place for a celery pit is on the north side of a fe:;ce or building, 

 where the effect of the sun is not felt, and the covering should be just enough to 

 keep out frost ; the cooler, the better it will keep, so long as it does not freeze. 



Gooseberries. — The great drawback to the successful raising of gooseberries 

 in this country is mildew. It s quite possible, however, to furnish conditions 

 under which the plant may flourish equally as well as in more favorable localities. 

 For instance, we know that the gooseberry delights in a moist, rich and cool soil, 

 which we are able to furnish by deep ploughing, heavy manuring, and mulching 

 the soil thoroughly. To afford protection from the sun, partial shade and a 

 northern location may be chosen ; the northern side of a barn or other building, 

 or even of a board fence, is a great advantage in location. The centre of the 

 bush may be kept open by careful pruning, so that light and air can be admitted 

 freely. Whilst it is not always possible to avoid mildew, especially in seasons 

 when the weather is so favorable to its development, there are many painstaking 

 gardeners who are very successful in growing English varieties which, it is almost 

 impossible to raise, under ordinary circumstances, in this trying climate. The 

 best fertilizing material that we have yet found for the gooseberry, is well-rotted 

 cow manure, applied liberally and well mixed with the soil. — Orchard and 

 Garden. 



Lei the cultivation of the peach be early and often during May, June and 

 July, and then (juit, weeds or no weeds. Crowd the growth of wood early in the 

 season, that it may stop early in the fall and have an abundance of time to ripen 

 up early and well, and both wood and fruit buds will stand several degrees more 

 of freezing than it is usually thought possible. 



