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CELERY. 



Celeri. Apio. ©cllerie. 

 Culture.— Sow the seed in a light, rich, dry border, as early as the ground can be worked, in drills 8 or 10 



inches apart, and cover the seeds about a quarter of an 

 inch deep, rolling or treading them in if the ground be 

 dry. When fairly out of the seed-leaf, they may be trans- 

 planted to another bed, or they may be thinned out to 6 or 

 8 inches apart, and let grow until wanted to plant out in 

 beds or trenches. The beds should be kept well weeded, 

 and an occasional soaking with water in dry weather will 

 do the plants good. Early in July at the north, a month 

 or six weeks later in the southern states, is the proper 

 time to set the plants out in beds or trenches. Press the 

 soil firmly against the roots. In the garden the better 

 way is to set the plants in shallow trenches. We say 

 shallow, for it is obviously a bad plan to remove all the 

 good soil (as must be done in a deep trench) and put the 

 plants in that which is poor. The plants must be set in a 

 single row in a narrow trench, or the trench may be 

 made into a bed wide enough to hold two, three or four 

 rows, and in this case the plants are in a compact form to 

 be covered for the winter where they grow. This will 

 save much labor where there is no root-cellar for storage, 

 as often happens to be the case. When grown in beds in 

 this way, the rows should be 1 foot apart, and the plants 

 about 8 inches apart in the rows. A bed 4 feet wide will take 4 rows of plants, leaving 6 inches space on the 

 outside of the first and last rows. The bed should be made very rich with thoroughly decomposed manure. 

 The plants will need to be earthed up two or three times ; and in doing this, care should be taken not to let the 

 earth get into the heart of the plant. In field culture the plants are set on the surface in rows 4 feet apart when 

 the Celery is to be earthed up in the field for early use, and 2 feet apart when the plants are to be taken and 

 blanched in the cellar for winter use. The plants are set 6 inches apart in rows. If not grown in beds, the best 

 way to store is to dig trenches in a well-drained spot in the open ground, 1 foot wide, and of a depth a few 

 inches less than the height of the Celery. The plants are then lifted and set close together. The edges of 

 the trench should be made sloping from the tops of the plants. When severe cold weather comes on, cover 

 gradually with leaves, hay or straw, and place boards on top. In such a trench the stalks will blanch perfectly, 

 and may be taken out any time during winter for use or sale as required. The turnip-rooted, or " Knob" 

 Celery, needs no earthing up, and may be planted in rows 1 foot apart. 



512 Thorburn Fin de Siecle. (For description, see Novelties). Per pkt., 25 cts. Peroz. %:ib. Lb. 



Improved White Plume. Naturally white or light foliage ; requires but little 



banking up to blanch ; very early, and extensively grown for market . pkt., 10 cts. . $0 25 #0 75 $2 50 

 Golden Self-Blanching. A grand variety, on the style of White Plume, except that 



it is golden yellow where the Plume is white per pkt. , 10 cts. . 40 1 25 4 00 



Perfection Heartwell. Finest and largest of winter varieties, either for family or 



market-garden. The heart is golden yellow, and of superior quality . per pkt., 10c. .25 75 2 5°- 

 Thorburn's Schumacher. Immense size; solid and crisp; firm golden yellow 



heart ; a fine keeper per pkt., 10 cts. 



Giant Pascal. An easily blanched and fine-keeping large late sort, of good flavor . 

 Liarge-Ribbed Kalamazoo. A good half-dwarf white solid Celery 

 Boston Market. Rather dwarf ; has no Per oz. %lb. Lb. 



particular merit $0 20 $0 50 $1 50 



Crawford Half-Dwarf. Of vigorous 



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Small 



Sandringham Dwarf White. 



white, solid 



Pink Plume. The same as White Plume, 

 exceptthat the stalks are tinged with pink 

 541a Large Ribbed Red. A fine new sort . 

 per pkt., 10 cts. . 



542 New Rose. Of good flavor 



543 Cooper Improved Cutting. The leaves 



are used as greens for flavoring soups . . 



546 CELERI AC, or Turnip-Rooted. Has 

 edible roots, used for soups and stews . . 



548 Celeriac, Thorburn Giant. The best of 

 the class; very large roots, used for soups 

 and stews. The roots, when cooked and 

 sliced like beets, make fine winter salad 



550 Celeriac, Apple. Has small foliage and 

 small, smooth roots ; for soups 



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