Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-04-05
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CELERY FOR TIE FARMER.

Comparatively few people reslire the
worth 10 celery, not only ss food and
relish, bat also as q medicine. Many
farmers do not even know celery by
sight, AMI u given q taste say, "Oh, !
never coald eat that, 10 tastes too much
liks loysge.-
They ar, nearly related, but vet In Il.
delicate, natty favor. the celery IL .o
Ear superior that one never thinks of
comparing thsm after learning to Ike u.
Dor the liking can be easily acqalrc'i by
tnost people, after eating II a feS times,
even though very offensive at hrst. IL
l. also an excell.nt medicine Zoe nervous
Troubles.
Tho.e Who ,lo not understand raising
u, thlnk u must - very difficult, aud
many people after trying II Que season.
Nith poor succcss, give u az. fsrmer-
think u hardly pays Ia rsi-e u for their
osn families, sni that there Il no sal'
Tor ID exc.pt In the CITY. This L. a mi.-
take. IL doe pay. \ farmers table
.hoal b. the be.I In the land. lie can
have nj. csl.ry even Ia Maine. from Au-
su.t tili April wh.n the crisp, white
stalks are washed aud neatly arranged
In . glss. ccl.ry Jar, II !. an ornsmeut
Tor any table. After . cook once learns
Ia u.e ", In cooking meats, soups, stess
aud sal.d., she will hate Ia bc without
Il.
Therc l. good market aud price Tor
u almost every where. Last year vr
naisci much inore than Ne could est.
anil about Thanksgiving time. thcughi
se would sec II " would sell In our VII
lage. Although many people Who came
Into the siorv, hsd o. ask What u wss,
eur sarplus stock wAs soil In q short
time. and ~e h.y, had many calls fct II
since.
Itis easily rAi.oi vhsn understood.
Th- yoang plants can b. bought or
RAISED In the house 90 ho, til. We pr,-
Ter "a rai.s oars. thinking thsm hardlef.
We plant two standard varieties. The
Eariy White PLANE, which !. rather
dssrf variety. bat grow. quickly, has q
delicioas naNor and !. very .a-ily blsnch-
e,l also the lio-ton MARKET, which l.
larg,r and kcs-ps Later. ~ the prr-eni
writing (M,rch siil Ne have .o"i
hunchs. ot the boston Market In IN. cel-
lar. We soS the .e-i la boxes In Narch
or the tirst 20 April. The -ee'i !. very
.loN to gcfminAis. should bs planted
In mellow .oil. kept warm aud moist.
n isa good plan "a wiring oai . cloth In
water aud lay over the hox. Transplant
y hen the third leaf !. well grown. Ia"
plants gro~ very .lo~ly, aud by the lssi
20 N.y, Nill not be over thrre inchc-
tall, So that q good many can bs raised
la a small hox.
When set cut. the .oll shoud D. deep,
rich aui Nell worked. We bleach With
straw, 81 the plants do not ne-d To b.
..t more than three incbe. below the
ls,el of IN. surface. in order to rriain
moisture aud allow for bosing. >et IA"
plant. In about siN Inches apart, In
straight rows. They do not spPesr Ia
grow much till dog dave begiu, then all
vance rspidly. About the middle of
September siraw !. packed closely
sgslnst the sisie. and fsteued Ia plscr
nv boards, leaVlng only the tip. OF the
lvay,. pespin. cut.
I.raV. Ia th. ground a. late A. po-'i-
bic ~lihout actually fr-cfin;. Take az
carefully. snd .st the roots into y hox oi
dirt In a DARK Ccllar. IL slll continue Z"
sro~ aud bleach. n the ccilar !. too
warm II will bsgin to rot by January.
When placing Ia the cellar, be careful
not Ia ~, dirt between the stalks, as u
/. hard To wash out aud l. liable Ia cause
ds,aV. IL should bc ~aiercd occasion-
ally when the soil gvts dry.
Ma. V. 4. DrCosrLR.