DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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4. Blood Red, or Purple. — This sort is very fine-grained 
and sweet, and is much esteemed at the South. 
5. Large Altringham. — This variety differs but little from 
the " Long Orange," and is excellent for keeping and general 
use. 
Cultivation. — For an early crop, the seed should be sown 
in a warm border, as soon as the season will admit, say on or 
a little before the flowering of the peach (see table on page 
8); but, for a general crop, it should be Bown in calm wea- 
ther, in shallow drills, balf an inch deep, and from nine to 
twelve inches apart. 
A deep, light, rich, sandy soil, well manured with half-rot- 
ted dung, is to be preferred, thoroughly broken and pulver- 
ized with a fork or spade. As soon as the plants are up, 
sufficiently large to be wed, they should be thinned out from 
three to six inches apart, according to the variety and the size 
they are intended to grow. In the course of the season, they 
should be frequently hoed, whether they are weedy or not, as 
stirring the earth around them is essential to their growth. 
As soon as the leaves begin to turn yellow, the roots are 
ready to harvest. Let them be taken up in dry weather, cut- 
ting off the tops an inch from the roots. Those intended for 
winter use may be packed in dry earth or sand, and stored in 
a cool cellar, protected from the frost. 
CELERY. 
Apium frravtoltns, Or Botanist«. 
Celf ri, Fnn.Kcn. 
Apio Spanish. 
Selleric Gkkjiax. 
.Celery is a hardy biennial, native of Britain, and known in 
a wild state by the name of Smallage. When cultivated and 
properly blanched, the stalk is sweet, mild, and crispy, being 
very palatable either in a raw or a cooked state. In Europe, 
they enumerate several varieties, only three of which have 
been generally cultivated : — 
1. White Solid.— This is tha variety generally grown, on 
account of its clear, white color, and solid, crispy stalks. 
