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The Weekly FIofists^Review♦ 



Fbbbdabx 6, 1908. 



the benches with tobacco water or with 

 dilute household ammonia you can de- 

 stroy the larvae in the soil. Care must 

 be exercised not to use the ammonia 

 strong enough to injure the plants. When 

 dilute it is a good fertilizer and a very 

 successful remedy for earthworms and 

 larvsB of various sorts in the soils of 

 greenhouse benches. L. C. C. 



CULTURE OF CELERY. 



I desire information on the following 

 points with regard to the culture of 

 celery in this Oregon climate: When 

 to sow, when and how to plant, when 

 and how to irrigate. Can it be trans- 

 planted from outside to the greenhouse 

 in the fall, our market being the best 

 between Thanksgiving and New Year's? 

 Or, could it be raised in the greenhouse? 



G. G. 



The best time and place to sow celery 

 is outdoors, just as early as the ground 

 can be worked in spring. In case of 

 very cold locations a coldframe may be 

 employed, but celery is healthier and 

 stronger when grown without artificial 

 heat from start to finish. 



When the plants are large enough to 

 handle they should be pricked out about 

 two inches apart in a bed of well pul- 

 verized soil, shading being provided for 

 a few days after the operation, so that 

 they will not be wilted down by the sun 

 until they have had a chance to get a 

 fresh hold. 



When the plants are from four to six 

 inches high is the time to plant in their 

 permanent quarters. We like planting 

 in double rows best, as the plants are 

 easier to handle and easier to reach when 

 earthing up than if set, as some do, 

 in beds of four rows. Where the soil is 

 deep enough so that there is no danger 

 of the roots coming in contact with 

 poor material, we prefer to take out a 

 trench about eight inches deep and one 

 foot wide and set the plants in this, 

 ■working a liberal dressing of well de- 

 composed manure well into the soil be- 

 fore planting. , 



Your question as to irrigation I can- •* 

 not very well answer, not knowing what 

 facilities you may have for irrigating. 

 Celery is not very particular how the 

 water is applied, as long as it gets 

 plenty of it, and if you have plenty of 

 water convenient I would say keep it 

 liberally supplied when the conditions of 

 the soil necessitate its application. 



Your celery will keep better outdoors 

 than anywhere you can put it. The at- 

 mosphere of a greenhouse is uncongenial 

 to its welfare at any stage of the game. 

 It can be covered over where it has 

 grown if suflScient material^ can be pro- 

 cured to make a frost-proof covering. It 

 should not take so much to keep the 

 frost out at the season of the year you 

 mention, but to save covering material 

 you could lift your plants just before 

 danger of injury by frost, and store in 

 a pit dug deep enough so that the tops 

 of your celery would be about on a level 

 with the surface of the ground when set 

 upright in the pit. The plants can be 

 set as close together as they will stand. 

 The location for the pit should be such 

 that no water will be apt to lodge in the 

 bottom, as too much moisture would pro- 

 mote damping and might result in con- 

 siderable loss from this cause. 



From four to five feet is the most 

 convenient width for the pit to be made. 

 When ready for covering, good, strong 

 pieces of wood should be laid across the 



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pit at even distances, and on these 

 boards can be laid lengthwise of the 

 pit, leaving an air space between the 

 tops of the plants and the boards. A 

 covering of litter, old corn stalks, leaves, 

 or whatever material is most convenient- 

 ly procured, should be put on gradually, 

 as the weather becomes colder, but open- 

 ings should be left at intervals to give 

 ventilation. On cold nights these open- 

 ings can be closed, but should be opened 

 during the day when the air is suflS- 

 ciently warm to allow any condensation 

 to escape. The covering should not be 

 made any heavier than is necessary to 

 prevent actual freezing inside of the 

 pit. The nearer the atmosphere in the 

 pit is kept to the freezing point, the bet- 

 ter your celery will keep. Wm. Scott. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



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 80c doz.; leaf lettuce, 12y2C to 17 %c 

 case. 



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 utilizing the waste apace under the 

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Lettuce Plants 



Grand Rapids, Boston Itarkot and Mm 

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 to 45c lb. ; mint, 50c to 65c doz. bunches ; 

 radishes, $2 to $2.50 per 100 bunches; 

 rhubarb, 40e to 60c doz. bunches; toma- 

 toes, 10c to 25c lb. 



Boston, Feb. 3. — Cucumbers, $2.50 to 

 $11 bu. box; lettuce, 20c to 50c two-doz. 

 box; rhubarb, 10c lb.; beet greens, 75c 

 to $1 box; dandelions, $1.50 box; toma- 

 toes, 25c lb.; parsley, $1 to $1.25 box; 

 mint, 40c to 50c doz.; romaine, $1 doz.; 

 escaroUe, 75c doz.; chicory, $1 doz.; 

 cauliflower, $3 doz.; mushrooms, $1.50 to 

 $2.50 4-lb. basket. 



Erie, Pa. — A few nights ago one of 

 the boilers at E. C. Hill's sprung a leak 

 and they had their own troubles in the 

 following cold nights to keep the place 

 from freezing up. 



St. Louis, Mich. — Kleinhans Bros, 

 will add another greenhouse in the spring, 

 to have it ready for bedding plants. 

 They now have 6,000 feet of glass and 

 contemplate changing the hot water sys- 

 I tem to steam. 



