CELERY 



Henry Greffkatii, Lima, X. Y. 

 President, New York State Vegetable Growers' Association 



The demand for celery in this country is constantly increasing; 

 but the increased acreage planted each year and the quality and 

 condition in which celery is marketed, with present methods of 

 distribution, fully meet the demand at the present time. I do 

 not make this statement hoping to discourage any one from enter- 

 ing into the growing of celery, but I do wish to impress upon 

 everyone thinking of entering the business, and those already en- 

 gaged in it. that the future prosperity of this industry depends 

 on the quality of the celery grown and the condition of it when 

 marketed, as well as on the method of distribution. 



The climatic conditions of this vast country of ours are not the 

 same in all localities ; therefore, one set of rules for the growing 

 of celery can not be applied to all sections. 



The writer has been engaged in the growing and shipping of 

 celery for the past thirty years in New York State, and will try to 

 give the public what he had found to be the best methods for this 

 part of the country. 



SELF BLANCHING IX GREATEST DEMAND 



The celery in greatest demand at the present time is a variety 

 known as Self Blanching although in some cities the Green Golden 

 Heart type is used to some extent. Self Blanching is the hand- 

 somest celery, when properly grown, of all known types, but it is 

 also more subject to disease than any of the other types and 

 demands great care from the time the seed bed is started until 

 the crop is placed before the consumer. 



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