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An excellent plan is to make an A-shaped trough of two 
boards to turn the rain, on top of which a greater or less 
amount of straw, leaves or litter may be piled, if needed. 
Mice sometimes do considerable damage to stored celery, 
but are more easily controlled in short trenches than in long 
ones. 
Small amounts of celery may be stored in cellars, in 
boxes a foot wide and a foot deep, with damp sand in the 
bottom. No soil is needed between the plants. The coolest 
and darkest part of the cellar is best for storage. 
Diseases. — Celery diseases are preventable and insect 
attacks are few. For blight, kainit is recommended, both in 
the seed-bed and open field. For rust, the Bordeaux mixture 
is advised. Hollow-stemmed or pithy celery is the result of 
poor stock or improper soil, and can be avoided by the use 
of more manure and more water. 
New Process — The method of growing celery in highly 
enriched soil, with plants set 6 or 8 inches apart both ways, 
is quite feasible. The plants stand so close as to blanch 
each other to some extent, but the system has never attracted 
general favor. A great deal of water is required. Cultiva- 
tion is possible only when the plants are small. 
Profits — The use of celery is obviously on the increase, 
but the demand is for a first-class article. The cash results 
may be set at anywhere from $200 to $500 per acre. The 
actual net profits of well-conducted operations are consider- 
able. 
WATER CRESS. 
Water cress, a vegetable closely allied to several other 
edible cresses, is used in very large quantities in all city 
restaurants. It is a much-esteemed winter relish, and is 
mostly served with every one of the thousands of beefsteak 
