Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-20
Girls CELERY.
The Growing Cultivation of this Veg
eta bic for Private Ise

The Growing Cultivation of this Veg
etable for Private Use.
4 few years ago the culture was al
most exclusively confined to exper
fenced market gardeners, as it had
been supposed that the knowledge
necessary to cultivate it properly was
very difficult to obtain, but of late
years-thanks 10 the clear details
that have been given in some of the
horticultural books on the subject
the matter has been made SO plain and
simple that anyone having space
enough can cultivate with little trouble
all that is required for the use of an
ordinary family, and the plants are
grown in such quantities and so largely
distributed in the markets and seed
stores all over our large cities that
anyone wishing to try the cultivation
of this excellent vegetable can do 50
at little expense.
As many of our readers may not
have access to works on this subject,
we give here III brief the modus oper-
andi OF culture Celery in this count
ry is planted on the level surface. All
the English books on the subject rec
ommend planting it in trenches, but
this is found to be plan that will not
do i'll this country of violent thunder
showers, SO that in our climate celery
is planted on the level just tbs same
as any other vegetable. 1t is usually
planted in lines three feet distant
from each other, with six inches be
tween the plants; the time of planting
is found to answer any time from the
LIST of July to the middle of August,
probably the middle of July being
about the best late Great care must
be taken in planting to have the roots
of the celery well tirmed in the ground.
The best way to do this is after plant
ing to tread in each plant with the
feet If this precaution is taken, par
ticularly if the plants are set in the
afternoon or evening. there is no
danger of any of them dying. After
the plants have been set, all that Is
necessary for the next month rs simply
to keep the weeds from them by hoe
ing around them; but about the mid
die of August they begin to start to
grow. and from that time on a little
earth should be drawn up against the
plants, so as to begin the process of
blanching. or whitening, for unless
celery is whitened. as is we'll known,
it is useless
After drawing the soil up against
the plants it is pressed against them
firmly with the hands, SO as to keep
them III an upright position; then the
process of banking is done by the
spade dy taking the earth from the
space between the rows and throwing
it on each side up against the plants:
induces the whitening, or blanching.
This last part of banking, as 1t Is
technically termed, is one somewhat
troublesome for the amateur, but we
are glad to say that a new celery,
which will be for the first time issued
next year by one of our New York
seed firms, will possess the quality of
whitening with very little labor, and
entirely without the work of banking.
This will open a new era III celery
culture and make this vegetable as
easily grown as a cabbage or cucm-
Der. The name has not yet been
given this new variety, but it will no
doubt be put before the public i'll the
usual way of new vegetables and
plant The kinds grown at present
are known as golden dwarf, Lon
don red, and walnut favored" All
three have very special merits, and
all of them are good When celer9
is wanted for use in the fall it is very
simple plan to dig the roots up and
put them closely together upright in
any box that has a depth equal to
the height of the celery. When
tightly packed in this upright position
it will blanch of itself, provided three
or four inches of moist earth is placed
in the bottom of the box, which
should be kept in some cool cellar or
other dark spot cut of the reach of
frost. The opinion is now very gener-
ally held that celery is Il specific for
nervous troubles. Whether tins be
true or not, there is a constant IN
crease in its consumption, at rate
within ten years enormous. 1t is es-
timated that upward of one thousand
acres are planted of this crop to supply
the New York market alone, and as
a fact showing to what extent it is
now grown for private use we may
state that member of one of the seed
firms of this city told us the other day
that their sales to private parties III
lots of 100 TO l. 00-which means
they were for private use only-eN-
ceeded $50, 600 plants each year.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Henry Irving's American tour will
begin at the Star Theater, New York,
on October %. and continue there
+lNn,, IL chit
at the Chestnut Street Opera House,
Philadelphia, beginning November 26;
a fortnight at the Boston Theater,
from December 10; week af the Balti-
more Academy of Music, December
p: week at Haverly,s Brooklyn
Theater, December 81; a fortnight at
Haverlv's. Chicago, January Z; a
week at the Olympic, st. Louis, Jan
uary u, and a week at the Grand
Opera House. Cincinnati, January %.
The month of February will be devot
ed to the smaller cities, and on March
3 there will be week III Washington.
Mr.. Irving's debut will be made in
The Bells" and then it is probable
that Much Ado About Nothing will
be given for Miss Ellen Terry's debut.
She could not have better introduce
ton than Beatrice affords her
Miss HOWARD is, perhaps, the most
famous lady physician. She is an
American, living in China, where
because of native prejudice against the
attendance of male physicians upon
women in their special diseases, her
services have been required III the
highest official circles of the Celes-
tials: and so she has cause to visit
ladies of high rank all over Northern
China. and the fact is, as an item of
news and novelty, made known
in over half the newspapers of the
United States. As we glory i'll the
success of capable women physicians
everywhere. we note the fact, and ad-
wise some of our surplus female ca
pacity to equip and go where their
services are SO much appreciated-Dr
Footes Health Monthly.
THE TRUE INwARDNESS OF THE
THING.
Pure and rich blood is an acknowl-
edged necessity of both human and ami