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Growing Winter Rhubarb 
After the first freeze many people will 
want to place a few roots of rhubarb in 
their cellar for forcing during the Winter. 
It is necessary to bring many vegetables 
in before freezing, but with rhubarb it is 
different. The freezing is just the rest 
necessary for the proper, quick growth 
which the indoor forcing causes. For 15 
years we have had our Winter supply of 
delicious, fresh rhubarb in the heater cel- 
lai - . This is the way we work it: Be¬ 
fore the ground freezes two or three hills 
of rhubarb are dug out in large chunks of 
dirt from the row of rhubarb in the gar¬ 
den. These chunks of dirt containing the 
rhubarb roots are left right there until the 
ground is frozen solid, then they are 
easily handled without the dirt falling off. 
We have a box long enough to contain 
two large roots. This box has two strips 
of board longer than th£ box, nailed on 
the outside for handles. The box is kept 
from year to year for this.purpose. Just 
any old box that will hold together will 
answer the purpose. When the frozen 
roots are placed in it. it is then easy for 
two persons to take the handles, one go¬ 
ing ahead and the other back of the box, 
and carry it down cellar. We place ours 
near the heater, the darker the place the 
better. It soon commences to grow and 
rapidly sends up the most beautiful brit¬ 
tle stalks. It grows so rapidly it is very 
tender. The stalks are a very bright red 
end extremely pretty to look at. There is 
very little leaf development. The leaves 
are not necessary. 
One might be tempted to use the small 
leaves that do appear for greens in the 
Winter, when such things are scarce, but 
this must not be done, for the leaves con¬ 
tain an acid that is dangerous. Never¬ 
theless the stalks of the rhubarb contain 
an acid which is very beneficial to the hu¬ 
man system. The roots with the dirt on 
them are placed in the box, but it is not 
necessary to use any other dirt to fill the 
intervening space. These roots must be 
watered from time to time, and before 
you know it you have plenty of rhubarb 
for pies or sauce. Try it; it will add to 
health and happiness. 
New Jersey. cora j. sheppard. 
Celery Not Blanching 
Will you tell me why celery w r ill not 
blanch? I have some in a trench; it is 
just as green as when I put it in. I had 
earth pulled up against it a month before 
I trenched it. j. a. G. 
Salineville, O. 
If the celery has been properly handled 
there is no good reason why it should not 
blanch, at least none that I know of. I 
occasionally hear complaints from growers 
of this vegetable who do not understand 
how to handle it that it will not blanch. 
Upon investigation I have invariably 
found the fault was with the grower, not 
with the celery. When celery is lifted 
from the ground for storage, whether it 
is to be stored in the cellar or trench, 
the work should be carefully done, so that 
as much soil will cling to the roots as 
possible, and it should be put in storage 
as it is dug. for if it is carelessly dug 
and allowed to lie around until the roots 
have dried ou or become frosted, it never 
will blanch. Celery when in storage Avill 
not blanch until new white rootlets have 
formed. After this important function 
has taken place the process of blanching 
usually proceeds quite rapidly, so that 
which is put in the trenches from October 
15 to 25 is usually ready for use along 
about the first of December, while that 
put in two or three weeks later is ready 
about January first, and the last, which 
should be deferred until November 15, or 
later if weather will permit, will come 
in just right for late Winter, extending 
to latter part of March or forepart of 
April. When celery is wanted for 
early use the self-blanching sorts should 
be grown for this purpose, as it blanches 
much earlier than the green sorts, and 
does not keep as long as they do. There¬ 
fore it is advisable to plant both kinds 
if it is desired to have it for table use 
throughout the Fall and Winter months. 
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Peaches for Western Pennsylvania 
If I were going to plant peaches next 
Spring 1 would buy 100 or more trees, 
plant on high ground 20x20, and give 
good cultivation ; most Elberta, some Car¬ 
man and a few Salway. Carman is a 
half cling with me. Last Summer I sold 
seven in a quart box for 20c. a little over 
2 lbs., when there were lots of shipped 
peaches in town. Last year the trees 
were full, and I sold Carman for nearly 
$3 per bu. Carman makes me as much 
money as any peach I grow. Too many 
of us grow peaches and other fruit on the 
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