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controlling blight 

 By spraying, celery blight can be controlled under all weather 

 conditions, but the spraying must be done in the most thorough 

 way and started when plants are young in the seed beds. I have 

 seen growers applying bordeaux with a sprinkling can. They 

 were wasting time and money, and damaging the crop. When 

 bordeaux is applied with a sprinkling can or any other kind of 

 a machine that does not make a very fine spray under a high pres- 

 sure, the mixture will form in large drops on the foliage of the 

 plants and run down the stalks, lodging at the root of the plant, 

 as a result of which the consumer will find a large amount of 

 vitriol in the celery. There are cases pending in courts now in 

 which the health department claims celery was offered for sale 

 that was unfit for use — the result of careless spraying. Even if 

 the growers escaped paying this fine they have not helped the con- 

 sumption of celery through their careless acts. Celery can be 

 sprayed every week through the entire season and yet when har- 

 vested not have a trace of bordeaux show between the stalks of 

 the plant next to the roots. But the mixture must be applied in a 

 fine mist and under a high pressure. 



IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY 



The future prosperity of the celery industry depends on the 

 quality grown, conditions when shipped, and method of distribu- 

 tion. T have made this a study- for some years and am sorry to 

 say that a great number of jSTew York State growers seem to care 

 little about quality. They want something that will give them 

 the largest number of crates per acre. 



A few words on the condition of celery and the way it is being 

 sent to the market. Every celery grower in the East and South 

 can learn from the California grower how to put up celery so as 

 to have it appear at its best. California celery appears better 

 than any other when it arrives on the market. This is not due 

 to the fact that the celery is better than that grown in other sec- 

 tions. There is no section in this country that can grow a better 

 stalk of celery than can be grown in New York iState. 



If we stop to examine the California celery to learn why it 

 shows up so well after being in transit five or six times as long as 

 our shipments are, we will find that every defective leaf has been 



