CELERY 
Henry Grerrratu, Lora, N.Y. 
President, New York State Vegetable Growers’ Association 
The demand for celery in this country is constantly increasing; 
but the increased acreage planted each year and the quality and 
condition in which celery is marketed, with present methods of 
distribution, fully meet the demand at the present time. I do 
not make this statement hoping to discourage any one from enter- 
ing into the growing of celery, but I do wish to impress upon 
everyone thinking of entering the business, and those already en- 
gaged in it, that the future prosperity of this industry depends 
on the quality of the celery grown and the condition of it when 
marketed, as well as on the method of distribution. 
The climatic conditions of this vast country of ours are not the 
same in all localities; therefore, one set of rules for the growing 
of celery can not be applied to all sections. 
The writer has been engaged in the growing and shipping of 
celery for the past thirty vears in New York State, and will trv to 
give the public what he had found to be the best methods for this 
part of the country. 
SELF BLANCHING IN GREATEST DEMAND 
The celery in greatest demand at the present time is a variety 
known as Self Blanching although in some cities the Green Golden 
Heart type is used to some extent. Self Blanching is the hand- 
somest celery, when properly grown, of all known types, but it is 
also more subject to disease than any of the other types and 
demands great care from the time the seed bed is started until 
the crop is placed before the consumer. 
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