rows it is raised half the distance, and as 
close as one’s fingers for the last or winter 
crop, so double the crop is raised from the 
same land. Gardeners who have read 
books on celery raising say Kalamazoo 
men can teach the authors their A. B. C’s 
in that business, Peter Henderson, the 
great New York gardener advises to store 
it for winter by packing in shallow trench¬ 
es, covering with lumber, marsh hay, &c. 
J. W. Wilson estimates that it would cost 
him $300 for lumber to secure his crops in 
that manner. The winter crop is now be¬ 
ing harvested. The Kalamazoo way is to 
dig about two feet below the surface, then 
board up about two feet above; then on a 
frame six feet high. 12-foot boards meet 
and slant down the sides, with windows, 
all of which is banked and covered with 
manure. They are usually built 24 feet 
wide, and 40, 75 or lOOJong. If the build¬ 
ing is 50 feet long, it will hold 50,000 celery; 
100 feet long, 100,000. etc. It is built on 
upland, if possible, for marsh is too damp 
and cold. When first put in the houses it 
is gr^en, but bleaches in a few weeks. 
They pack as close as it will stand, putting 
boards every few feet to prevent heating 
and rotting. People can keep their own 
celery as well as apples or potatoes, by put¬ 
ting some marsh soil in the bottom of a 
barrel, packing the celery root down, not 
sidewise, and keeping where it will not 
freeze. It is desirable to keep it growing 
The sprouts may run over the top of the 
barrel but will be no disadvantage. Put in 
green, and it will bleach and you can wash 
and trim, as you wish for the table. One of 
the most annoying jobs in the business i* 
the tying in half-dozen bunches. The long 
felt want is for some Yankee to invent a 
self binder. Kalamazoo gardeners have 
experimented the last year raising their own 
seed. Denadle & Son were highly success¬ 
ful, and many will follow suit. The seed is 
raised in the spring for the year’s crop. 
The main variety is the Crawford, although 
there are some fifty different kinds. J. W. 
Wilson & Co., have tried the Walnut and 
predict a popular run for it. The objective 
points for perfect celery are soundness, 
brittleness, its quick bleaching and keeping 
qualities. The evils they have to contend 
with are hollowness, which is caused by 
the degenerating of the seed and rust, 
which attacks the plant in the ground. 
The principal cultivation consists in draw¬ 
ing the earth around the plant as it grows. 
The higher the earth around the celery the 
longer the stalks. Our skillful gardeners 
have made the fame of Kalamazoo celery 
known from one ocean to the other. Large 
quantities are shipped to New York and 
Omaha: considerable to Grand Rapid.s auu 
about half the crop goes to Indiana, Good 
celery can be raised on upland, if water can 
he had in abundance, but the marsh con¬ 
tains everything essential to the cultivation 
of celery as well as other vegetables. Three 
crops have been raised off this soil in one 
season, table onions, put in early market; 
early celery, set in June and harvested the 
last of August, and winter celery, set in 
September and now being secured." 
