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CELEEIAC. 
The varieties are few in number, and differ chiefly in the amount of 
foliage and in the size and neatness of the roots, the latter being 
almost entirely enveloped in side roots in less improved varieties, and 
tolerably free from them in those more improved. The varieties 
described appear fairly distinct. 
[The history of Celeriac is particularly interesting, as we seem to 
have a record of its first introduction, and of a size at that time which 
is not approached in modern culture. 
Jo. Baptista Porta, a Neapolitan, thus writes in his "Villse, lib. XII.," 
published at Frankfurt in 1592, lib. X., chap. XXI, De palustri apio 
and capitato, the translation being liberal: 
" There is another kind of celery called Capitatum, which is grown in 
the gardens of St. Agatha, Theano and other places in Apulia, granted 
from nature and unseen and unnamed by the ancients. Its bulb is 
spherical, nearly of the size of a man's head. It is very sweet, 
odorous and grateful. Except in rich land, it degenerates, until it 
differs from the common apium (smallage ?) in no respects, except in 
its root, round like a head.' 5 — E. L. S.] 
Description of the Varieties. 
No. 1. APPLE, Thor., '83; ViL, '84. 
Syn. Apple Shaped, VEG. GAR. : Apple Shaped Small Leaved, Yil., '87 : 
Dwarf Apple Shaped, HEN. : New Apple, Thor., '84, '85: Fr., Celeri-rave 
pomme a petite feuille, VIL., '84, '87; Ger., Runder kurzlaubiger Apfel- 
knoll-Sellerei, Vil. 
Root slightly depressed; very smooth, with few side roots; about 
\ thicker than the neck; — foliage dwarf, very deep green; leaflets not 
blistered, inclining to spoonform; petioles rather flat, deep green, with 
a very broad furrow above, which in some plants is tinged with purple; 
the outer petioles are sometimes much washed with red; flesh white, 
with translucent rays, tender. 
The root in this variety is more neatly formed than in any other 
tested. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 77; Veg. Gar., p. 191; Gar. for 
Profit, ed. 1887, p. 190. 
No. 2. COMMON, Veg. Gar. 
Syn. Turnip Booted Celeriac, Thor., '84: Turnip Rooted Celery, Veg. 
Gar. : Fr., Celeri rave ordinaire (d), VIL. : Ger., Leipziger Knoll-Sellerei, 
Vil. : Naumburger, K. S., Vil. 
Root roundish or conical in the upper part, dividing into numerous 
