1466 The Vegetable Industry in New Yukk State 



On my late crop I use about one ton of high-grade fertilizer 

 4-7-10, sowing one-half ton before planting, and working it well 

 into the land ; and sowing the other half ton as a side dressing in 

 two applications on each side of the row, using care not to get any 

 of the fertilizer on the plant. It will burn the foliage and if it 

 gets down into the plant will spot and rot the stalks. Keep the 

 cultivator in action from the time the celery is planted in the field. 



Fig. 450. — Slate Ditch at South Lima, X. Y. Celery Land ox 



Either Side 



COST OF GROWING CROPS 



It costs about $375 to grow, harvest and ship an acre of early 

 celery. The sale per acre for early celery will run from about 

 $700 to $1,200, according to market conditions when harvested. 

 The cost of growing, harvesting and shipping an acre of late 

 celery is about $150. The average yield per acre is about 200 

 crates. Prices paid for the fall crop in 1913 ran from $1.25 to 

 $2.00 per crate, while prices paid in the fall of 1914 ran from 

 .75 to $1.35 per crate. There is not much money in late celery 

 for the grower when such prices as paid in 1914 have to be 

 accepted for the crop. 



