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^^^ CROPS 



and Crider. These books may be found in 

 some good public libraries or will be supplied 

 by our house.. 



Understanding all this attention and care, 

 you can easily see why there is big money in a 

 successful celery crop, and why Florida's flat 

 sand lands are making their owners rich raising 

 celery — or raising rents and prices. 



CELERIAC. 



Celeriac is a form of celery, or at least is a 

 very near relation to the real celery, and re- 

 quires about the same soil preparation and the 

 same conditions and tillage. Celeriac is fre- 

 quently sown where it is to stand, but as the 

 seed is as slow to sprout as celery, this is not 

 really a wise plan. Sown in a seed-bed and 

 transplanted, the crop gives far better results. 

 In celeriac it is not the stalk but the enlarged, 

 tuber-like root which is eaten, and the plant 

 requires no blanching. It may be eaten raw 

 in a salad, or cooked, as you like. Good roots 

 should be from three to four inches in diameter 

 and they may be kept through winter by pack- 

 ing in sand or moss as many other vegetables 

 may be kept. Celeriac is sown in the same 

 quantities as celery seed, the rows being only 



