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\vide-awake gardener will overlook them. The dwarf 

 sorts can be planted more closely together, giving 

 several thousands more roots to the acre than the 

 taller kinds ; besides, there is a larger proportion of 

 " heart " to every stock, and the quality is equally 

 good. 



There are not many varieties of Celery worthy 

 of cultivation, either for market or for family use 

 Of the best, may be named : 



White Solid. — This has long been held as a fft 

 vorite tall-groAving kind. The hearts, when bleached, 

 are white and crisjj, and very delicate in flavor. 



SEYSEorE's Superb grows larger than the Whitw 

 Soled. It is esteemed among gardeners as the mosl 

 profitable, for market, of any of the tall varieties. 

 The hearts are large, round, and solid. 



Incompaeable Dwaef. — This is in all respects 

 the best dwarf variety for field or garden-culture. 

 The stalks grow on an average from twenty inches 

 to two feet in length. 



When bleached, the hearts are of a dull white, 

 crisp, very solid, and of excellent quality. 



Boston Market is more extensively grown around 

 Boston than in the vicinity of New York. It is a 

 dwarf variety, producing a large proportion of 

 " heart " to every stock, of very superior quality, 

 and of mild flavor. It is not, in my estimation, in 

 any way superior, as a market variety, to the Incom- 

 parable Dwarf. 



There are several sorts of Bed Celeiy, but there 

 is so little demand for them in market, it hardly pays 

 to trouble one's self with them. In the kitchen- 



