The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-05

silver threads among the gold may tend
70 tho unity Of Inc country. once settled,
then will the aurora of tie nations arise
triumphant from the turbulent chaos INTO
wiicn she seems rlnnging.
In tho meantime, IT behooves lis OF
south TEXAS to ropare Tor that coming
prosperity. for We VIII get none of il
except whll we work for. will there
for. call attention "a some of the aYen-
ucS OF labor ard production mat are open
70 us.
CELERY.
On the shores ot Lake Michisan here
is a .litila town called * Kalamazoo. from
whence there are shipped hundreds Of
carIoads of his iine veg table. notably
from Thanksgiyins bay until christmas.
The low temperature customnr.ly EXISTING
there cna' les them 20 grow II as n sum
mer crop THIS Is imtractirll here, but
", can grow 1t for winter crop. end In
doing this our section wo7ild nave hne
corner on y, as most other sections We ulh
have TO grow it Gather under glass or hay"
n frozen. II may be grown here 10 take
the place Of kalamazoo celery when 'hat
may be shipped from here 20 nearly every
town in tho United States in the moths
Of March, Arr.i and May. Its season. of
grou4h here commences In epiember.
an the plants nay. to he rc,dy for trans
planting at tina date. To accomplish
this the seed shenld he soWe,i IN july.
There are many methods 81 dong INF
probably tho best way is to sow IN a
prepared frame, shaded with brush sum
cienly high to permit circu'aiion ri air
and to allow for wedding and wdtfr'na
bed he ground where hey are 10 r, pc
transplan'cd should bc prepared. the
more thorough the pr"Niri'ion OF piow
ing narrowing ana IN inurns the ground,
the better foi the crop. No trenches need
he made in This section. Wncn me ernunu
il thoroughly prepared mark II on IN four
font rows and sex he plants or, IN 'h nn.ivs
ton of lhc surface. mnkins thu plant
grow quick. This maxi IS the Celery brit
tie As soon ls il Is ready Tor b,rachLne
there arc many WAYS OF doing II; PROB
AMY the hest j., "a follows. Draw up eacl
plant with the hand. wrap a shee' OF
cheap straw paler round 1t ana tie IL az
the tor. Thpn lap II furrow or TWO OF me
nice mellow soil M 10 he plants, finish
ing off. Il necessary. with the noe span
lsh moss is also II good art'cie WhfreWly'
to lie the celery plants up for o'sa,n go III
using twelve inch boards. standing up
odeeway. as close to the celery as i'es,,
s,he Ms.ns lamp az Wh ,he oP here 10 s0i i.
drainage suffi,leni to make a pit n tne
ground Ire following 10 an excel.entl
plan: Grow the celery. as quickly NJ soo'
cultivation and fertilizers VIII maze I,
then plow II up and reset, roots and an,
in a pit 81 Acisly prepared. s.inl :. u,
the ri Close as i VIII 10 Mil; isl sdye kees
he roots VIII snay son alive "'t 10 preven
decay. Bleach hy covering the top OF ne
pit v.th boards, After b'aaeAing ,s i.
\ out ne wanted for siis on 'n'p'"e"''
| The pit will keep off the ifos''
CABBAGE.
The growing OF cabbage IN me COZ,
region has vcr been made AZ 'hoi, NOR, ~ =
and systematic as it on, ilt TO ne anu ~,
! sorVcs Thousands OF carloads should ne
| shipped out tho moment The HL' ulnh crop
of Tho Weriorn states ~ eAhibsf"l,
usually occurs about Christmas anu ~.
| markets Of the West are thea open LOT
| south.ra cabbage until May OF June. re
| have cabbage mature by Christmas u ';
j! necessary 10 SOW the seed IN July sho