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CELERY. 
under tlie necessity of raising what crop there is, or the Chickweed will 
be polluting the whole place with seed. 
“ Next season, from the time the plants are singled, I propose 
dressing them with soot and gas-lime every two weeks or so, until 
about the end of July, by which time I think all danger should be 
past. 
“ Up to the present this disease has caused very little loss, the 
principal loss being caused by ‘ Rust ’ on the roots. Hitherto my 
usual remedy, or rather preventive, has been soot applied at the rate 
of 10 cwt. along the rows, which generally prevents both ‘ Rust ’ and 
‘ Burnt leaves,’ but not so this year. The soot was applied about 
July 10th.” * 
On October 15th Mr. J. Mathison wrote me from Addington 
Winslow, Bucks :—“ It may he of some interest to you to know what 
a severe attack of the Celery Fly we have this year, but for which I 
can give no reason, seeing we have been almost exempt from it for 
some years. 
“ I never saw a more virulent attack ; I plant about 2000 Celery, 
and not one single plant is free, many of them very badly injured.” 
Mr. Turvill also noted on October 18th, from Alton, Hants, that 
his Celery had been all but spoiled by the Leaf-miners. 
The Rev. J. H. White, writing from Weybread Vicarage, in the 
north of Suffolk, mentions that the chief attack of the season was that 
of the Celery Leaf-miner, which has been prevalent in every garden 
in the neighbourhood, and, as far as he can learn, has completely 
spoilt the crop. 
Mr. Glenny, writing from Barking on Sept. 24th, notes :—“ The 
Parsnip and Celery Fly made a grievous onslaught on our fields and 
gardens about the 14th inst. Large areas and small plots suffered 
alike, both being equally liable. One field of Parsnips, seven acres in 
extent, now looks miserable, as if a severe frost had struck the foliage. 
Naturally the roots will be checked, and a weaker yield will be the 
result.” 
At Detling, near Maidstone, Mr. R. Cooke notices that there was a 
slight attack of Celery Fly on putting out in the trenches: the first 
fortnight in September was a time of severe attack. He observes :— 
“ Nothing but hand-picking seems to answer for the Celery Fly grub, 
and, to judge by the experience of this year, it should be attended t 
early in the season to prevent bad attack further on.” 
The above note of Mr. Cooke’s is about the only suggestion of 
remedy sent in, and, though at first sight the hand-picking appears t o 
do as much harm as the maggot, yet (as noticed) it gets rid of 
an enormous amount of coming attack, and where Celery is grown 
* For further notes on “ Eust ” see Carrot Fly, p. 18. 
