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February 6 
EVERYBODY’S GARDEN. 
Celery Blanching. —The following 
notes and queries on celery blanching 
are quoted from an Indiana subscriber, 
and will no doubt be helpful to others. 
Hints in culture, and marketing are al¬ 
so timely, and are worthy of more than 
a passing thought: 
We note your article on celery blanch¬ 
ing on page 37. We stored our late celery 
in field; it is now in a good state as to 
keeping, but after reading your item on 
blanching we would like your advice, as 
we are not old heads at the business. The 
part of directions in “Vaughan's Celery 
Manual” is as follows: “It is a good plan 
completely to bank about one-third of 
field two or three weeks before storing; 
to hill to about one-half its height, an¬ 
other one-third, and merely to straighten 
up the last third with the push scrape r 
about 10 days before the final storing 
away in beds. This gives a succession 
of blanched celery in average Winters if 
properly preserved from Thanksgiving 
time until April, when it commands a 
higher price than the early yields.” 1. 
Will the last two-thirds of crop be well 
blanched in March and April? Would you I 
advise us to take some out and set it up i 
in the cellar which has a temperature of 
60 degrees? We examined some about 
three weeks past and it had only begun 
to blanch very little; in fact, looked as 
fresh as the day we put it in. 2. So far 
we are much pleased with intensive cul¬ 
ture methods, comparison cropping, etc., 
but shall cut some things off the list, as 
they do not pay here; for instance, cab¬ 
bage and cauliflower. It seems to me 
there is more pleasure (we want a little 
mixed into daily life), less drudgery and 
fully as much profit in confining our¬ 
selves to a few specialties. It seems to 
me the average trucker works himself and 
family to death in trying to raise every¬ 
thing; then after it is raised, attends mar¬ 
ket and tries to beat all his neighbors in 
prices, in a hustle to see how much he 
can sell for a nickel. Would it not be 
better if they would all hold together and 
keep the prices of good fresh stuff above 
the inferior goods that come through 
commission men? For instance, Florida 
tomatoes are now arriving in very poor 
condition, soft and tasteless. We are get¬ 
ting a third more for our greenhouse 
crop and the patrons do not find fault 
either. F- m. r. 
Indianapolis, Ind. 
1. I fear the blanching in trenches, 
of the celery that was trenched green 
will amount to very little. Some growth 
is necessary to the blanching process, 
and to hold it in the open field at a 
temperature where this would be pos¬ 
sible would be very difficult; well nigh 
out of the question. If your cellar is 
kept dark and the roots can be kept in 
loose, damp soil, I think it will be a 
great improvement over the field 
trenches. Here is an opportunity to ex¬ 
periment, and the results ought to be 
of value in future work. Start slowly 
and branch out or curtail, as circum¬ 
stances seem to warrant. It may be that 
a little higher temperature by lamps or 
oil stove (any convenient way), would 
be of advantage. 2. Intensive culture will 
not do all, of course, but it will certain¬ 
ly make many crooked places straight. 
Without it the highest success is not 
attainable, but other conditions are al¬ 
so necessary. Many of us dabble in too 
many things, with the result that our 
efforts are scattered and no one thing 
receives the proper amount of care. 
The necessity of producers holding to¬ 
gether cannot be too strongly urged. 
In fact, the failure to do so is the chief 
reason why we are so continually at the 
mercy of every other class. I think the 
farmers and gardeners are about the 
only classes who have to pay whatever 
is demanded for everything they buy; 
and sell what they produce at the price 
the consumer is pleased to offer. More 
concentrated efforts and a closer get¬ 
ting-together are our sure means of re¬ 
lief. J. e. MORSE. 
Falling Cherries ; Black Knot. 
C. E. .1/., Lakeport, N. H.—I have young 
thrifty cherry trees; they bloom full, but 
the fruit drops in a few' weeks after set 
ting. What is the cause? Give a remedy 
for black knot. 
Ans. —Your cherry trees are probably 
too young to hold their fruit well. As 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
they grow 7 older there w T ill be less 
trouble with the cherries dropping. 
There is no certain cure for the black 
knot. It is best to cut off and burn all 
limbs that may be affected. If the knot 
is on an important limb, it may be cut 
out very thoroughly and the wound 
painted over with kerosene oil, which 
has proved quite effectual. 
Hybridizing of Sweet Peas. 
A. C. B.. Calais, Vt.— How far apart 
should different varieties of sweet peas 
be sown in order that the seed of the sec¬ 
ond generation may come true to name? 
Ans.— Sweet peas are almost entirely, 
self-fertilizing. The anther bears and 
sheds the pollen a day or two before the 
flower opens, so there is little chance 
for cross fertilizing by insects after¬ 
wards. You may plant the peas as close 
together as convenient with little fear of 
crossing or mixing the seed. There is, 
of course, a remote chance that little in¬ 
sects may convey the pollen from one 
variety to another even in the buds, but 
this is hardly worth considering. _ 
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3 f farmers who have used Page Fence for years, and 
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