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are set so closely together that they blanch 

 themselves, it takes 150,000 plants to an acre. 

 This method of growing requires greatly in- 

 creased quantities of fertiUzers or results will 

 be very unsatisfactory. The dwarf varieties 

 of celery are most in demand, and the favorites 

 for simimer and faU are White Plume, Golden 

 Self -Blanching and Kalamazoo; while for late 

 winter and spring, Boston Market and Arlington 

 are standard sorts. 



The chief diseases are leaf blight and leaf 

 spot and the fungi that attack the plants in 

 storage. For leaf blight, dip young plants in 

 weak solution of copper carbonate, and treat 

 the young growing plants twice a week. It is 

 well to read up on diseases; and for bhght read 

 the Department of Agriculture Report, 1886, 

 pp. 117-120; Cornell Bulletin 132, pp. 203-205. 

 To avoid leaf-spot, select seed carefully, treat 

 it with Bordeaux mixture while in seed-bed, and 

 continue its use if you fear an attack. Read 

 New York Bulletin 51 and Cornell Bulletin 

 132. For dealing with the diseases that develop 

 during storage, read Cornell Bulletin 132, and 

 Bailey's " Vegetable Gardening," p. 229. If you 

 wish to know all that celery specialists have 

 discovered about this crop, read Greiner, Hol- 

 lister, Rawson, Vaughan, Stewart, Von Bochove 



