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HINTS ON THE CULTIVATION OF CELERY. 
French— Cei.eri. 
German — Seli.erie. Dutch— Sei.derij. Italian— Sedano. 
Spanish — Appio IIortense. 
CELEKY HAI.F EAKTHED UP. 
CEI.KKY MAGGOT. 
Df.SCRIPTION.-A vegetable, the stems of which are blanched, and either eaten raw or used in stews. 
Varieties.— S ome are white, others pink, and one variety lately introduced is yellow. 
Soil.. — Strong, rich, and deeply dug. 
CELERY PUI.1.Y EARTHED UR. 
Season for Sowing — From January to March. 
Ilow to Sow. — In pans or boxes stood in a heated frame or house if wanted early, or in a cool frame in 
an ordinary way. 
After Culture.— The seedlings may either be transplanted about March, 4 inches apart in boxes, or 
direct to a sheltered border in April, and from here they are set into permanent quarters about June and July 
according to their forwardness. The trench for the final reception should be made 12 inches deep, and filled in 
with some well decayed manure, mixed and topped wi.h soil until within 6 inches of the surface level ; when 
consolidated with the feet, the young plants are set therein about 9 inches apart, either in one or more rows, 
and kept well watered during hot weather, and earthed up gradually as the season advances, so that by November 
nothing is visible but the tips of the leaves. 
Enemies. The maggot of a fly is terribly destructive during the summer. It commences its career on the 
leaves by eating its way into the tissues, and as it matures it often finds its way down the stems. A peppering 01 
lime and soot over the plants when covered with dew in early morning often checks it. Cutting off those leaves 
which are affected and burning them is also recommended. 
Wireworm often disfigures the stems. This pest can be checked by sprinklings of soot about the plants as 
they are growing. 
CELERIAC (or Turnip-rooted Celery) is a Continental variety, in which the stems form an irregular knob. 
It is becoming more popular in this country, owing to the more frequent contact nowadays of the English people 
with foreign dishes, of which this is a common one. Seeds should be sown in pans in March, and the plants 
set out in shallow trenches to mature. 
238, & 07 . H ioh Hoi.horn, 
London. — 1904- 
