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" The Golden Self-Blanching is not as early as 

 the White Plume, but it is superior in quality. It 

 is readily blanched, becoming a clear golden color, 

 both stalk and leaf; but it is a dwarf in its habit 

 of growth and should have rich ground and care to 

 be satisfactory. However, it is well liked. 



" The Golden Rose is a sport of the Golden Self- 

 Blanching. I tried it last year, but it was not 

 satisfactory. 



" For winter celery I grew last year the French 

 Success. It is a much more vigorous grower than 

 the others mentioned, and seems to stand dry 

 weather better. It is slow to blanch, but is good 

 when it is at last ready for use." 



STORING CELERY 



Celery will stand repeated frosts without in- 

 jury, but it is ruined if it is once frozen. Hence it 

 must be stored for the winter before too cold 

 weather sets in. C. O. Ormsbee of Washington 

 county, Vermont, says : " I have tried a great 

 many methods of keeping it through the winter, 

 none of which has been perfectly satisfactory, but I 

 have had by far the best success with the following 

 method : 



" I make a box I foot deep and 4 feet wide and as 

 long as may be necessary or convenient. This I 

 place where it is to remain and select a location 

 where the temperature will be as near 50 degrees 

 as possible, and where there will be just barely light 

 enough to enable one to read. 



" I put a layer of sandy loam or rich garden soil 

 3 inches deep in the box and saturate it thoroughly 

 with water, pouring on all that the earth will con- 

 tain and perhaps a little more. I allow the celery 



