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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 fertilizers or results will 
be very unsatisfactory. The dwarf varieties 
of celery are most in demand, and the favorites 
for summer and fall 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 blight 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. Ifyou 
wish to know all that celery specialists have 
discovered about this crop, read Greiner, Hol- 
lister, Rawson, Vaughan, Stewart, Von Bochove 
