54 
January 24 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
; Ruralisms 
▼ ▼"T’ 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
On page 818, last volume, W. V. P. says 
he puts his celery In dark cellar storage 
for Winter. How doe.s he manage It, what 
is best variety to plant, and at what time? 
How is it treated when placed in storage? 
I’hoenlx, N. Y. J. H. k. 
Little Tkoubi.e to Ghow. —Detailed 
accounts of this system of cellar storage 
have been given on page 34 (R. N.-Y. 
for January 20, 1901), and page 148 (R. 
N.-Y. for March 1, 1902), but the follow¬ 
ing short statement is made for the in¬ 
formation of new readers. The preferred 
varieties for this purpose are of the 
Winter Queen type—strong-growing, 
long-keeping green-leaved varieties, 
niakiug a thick root-stock. We have 
iinally settled on Dreer’s Monarch and 
Hchumacher as particularly adapted to 
our rather light loamy soil, but other 
kinds of the .same character may suc¬ 
ceed better elsewhere. The plants are 
grown and set in the usual manner and 
distances. Fertility is supplied with old 
manure or compost, with later top- 
dressings of a good commercial ferti¬ 
lizer If growth is not satisfactory. The 
jilants are allowed to grow as level and 
free as cabbage or lettuce, the cultiva¬ 
tion throughout the season being shal¬ 
low and perfectly level. No earth is 
tlirown towards the plants and they are 
not handled more than is needed to 
keep the weeds subdued. We allow the 
celery to remain out as long as possible, 
as late growth favors the keeping qual¬ 
ity. Ordinary frosts seldom injure cel¬ 
ery when grown this way, but we en¬ 
deavor to get it all in before hard freez¬ 
ing. We store in two cellars, both hav¬ 
ing earth floors. One contains a green- 
liouse boiler and is heated to an average 
of r>.') degrees. The other is quite secure 
from fi-eeziug temperatures, but has no 
artilicial heat. The celery plants are 
lifted witli a garden fork with all ad- 
liering earth, carefully placed upright in 
a wagon l)ed, carted to the cellar, and 
planted in rows on Llie floor in the cool¬ 
est portion, crowding the clumps as 
closely as the balls of earth will allow. 
Caie is taken in handling to retain as 
much earth as po.ssilile on the roots. 
About four plants may be packed to the 
square foot of floor area. Any vacan- 
c.ies between the earth lialls are filled 
with loose soil, and the whole well soak¬ 
ed with water as each row is placed. 
Root fibers are soon thrown out and a 
strong but delicately bleached growth 
starts from the center, finally absorbing 
the foliage and stalks produced in the 
field, which turn a leathery brown and 
dry up. The plants in heated cellar are 
ready for use in early January, just as 
the markets are cleared of the trenched 
celery so abundant during the holidays. 
Without beat they come on a month 
later and the quality is likely to be bet¬ 
ter. The cellars should be kept quite 
dark or a golden green tint will appear 
on the new growth, which, however, is 
(piite decorative and doe.s not injure the 
quality. We find it necessary to water 
the plants in the heated cellar about 
twice during growth, which is easily 
done with a lO-gallon watering can, by 
removing the rose and slipping a piece 
of rubber hose, three or four feet long, 
over the spout. Water may thus be 
readily applied to the soil without wet¬ 
ting the “hearts” or growing center.s, 
which almost invariably causes rot. 
Where there is no artificial heat little 
wafer is needed if the soil is well soak¬ 
ed as the celery Is stored. 
Look Out kou Green Fly. —Rats will 
occasionally eat stored celery, but they 
have no business In a cellar anyway, 
and should be suppressed by traps or 
some of the well-known rat poisons. 
Green plant lice or ajihids .sometimes 
attack the celery, quickly disfiguring the 
delicious and attractive new growth. 
The most practical remedy Is thorough 
fumigation with damp tobacco stems or 
leaves two or three nights in succession. 
Use four or five pounds of tobacco for 
an ordinary farm cellar and fire it in a 
safe place, taking care it is too moist 
to blaze. The cellar should be tightly 
<dosed and the tobacco fumes kept In as 
long as possllile. One fumigation may 
appear to clear the plants, but two or 
more are usually needed really to kill 
out the aphids. Tobacco fumigation in 
the cellar is anything but pleasant for 
the iieople above, but it is usually pos¬ 
sible to select a mild quiet evening 
when the windows and doors of the liv¬ 
ing rooms may be opened during the 
most stifling period. Although the cel¬ 
ery reeks with tobacco odor after a 
fumigation it comes out all right in a 
few days, and is not permanently af¬ 
fected. 
UsKEUL IN A Smai.l Way. —Many 
years’ experience has convinced us of 
the great advantages of handling celery 
in this way where cellar room is avail¬ 
able. The season is prolonged until 
March, and the highly decorative pro¬ 
duct is always ready for instant use 
regardless of frost and storm. The 
clumps as taken from the cellar are 
cleaned in the usual manner and are at 
once ready for the table, but gain in 
crispness by standing a few hours in 
cold water. A selection may always be 
made from the most forward plants, 
and the slower ones kept to the last, 
and the beautiful new growth is clean 
and free from any contamination or 
drip as sometimes occurs in trenches. 
The slightly increased labor and care 
needed in cellar storage over field 
trenching is amply compensated for by 
the less exacting field culture. Our ex¬ 
perience is that discriminating custom¬ 
ers readily pay more for this celery on 
account of its handsome appearance and 
excellent quality, while its later season 
avoids close competition with the field- 
stored article, but there could be little 
expectation of profit from storage cel¬ 
lars especially built for the purpose. 
Electric Heating kor Conserva- 
'j’ORiES. —Some interest is aroused by the 
announcement of practical electric radi¬ 
ators for heating greenhouses and con¬ 
servatories. They resemble in form the 
electric heaters commonly used in trol¬ 
ley cars, but are covered with enamel, 
so that splashing with water, certain 
to occur where plants are grown, cannot 
“short circuit” the current. They are 
said to last about three years if used to 
their full capacity, and are to be guar¬ 
anteed one year by the makers. This 
would be the ideal method of heating 
such jilaces from the standpoint of 
cleanliness and convenience,' as conser¬ 
vatories, particularly when attached to 
dwellings, are often so situated as to 
need internal warmth only at irregular 
intervals, or in especially severe weath¬ 
er. The currents may be graduated 
from one-third to full capacity of the 
radiator by a movement of a lever, and 
this dreaded feature of Winter garden 
care reduced to a minimum. Such radi¬ 
ators could be easily and cheaply in¬ 
stalled in many places where electric 
lighting and power can be had, but Liu* 
announced cost of the current (aboul 
the same as the 10-candle incandescent 
lamp for each four square feet of glass 
surface) does not promise much imme¬ 
diate economy. It may prove very de¬ 
sirable for small places, but is not like¬ 
ly to compete with steam or hot water 
for targe structures until the expense 
of electric energy is much reduced. 
W. V. I'. 
Pumpkin Sked.s and Cattlk.—I n icgard 
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