The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-16

CeIerY Crowlng.


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ture:
/. Celery is one Of the choicest pro-
ducts Of the vegetable garden and one
for which no substitute Is known.
2. AS a branch Of industry celery cul-
ture has prospered in Rhode Island Tor
fifteen years or more. and celery may
have been grown here for market as
early as the middle Of the present cen
tury.
8. No cooking OF other process has
vet been discovered by which the
blanched and tender stalks OF celery
can be made more palatable than when
they leave the gardeners hands--lf ne
has done bis work well; consequently
the grower and consumer are brought
nearer together in this case than when
the products take a more circuitous
route and pass through mills, canning
factories or the like. In other words.
the grower Of celery performs the skill
ed labor which gives it its principal
value. instead Of furnishing coarse
product to be refined by other classes
Of workmen.
a Black-heart and celery blight a.
known among Rhode Island growers
seem to be indicators which appear
upon the leaves Of celery plants TO sho"
when their roots are abused. The ap-
nllcation of a mulch over the roots Is
a more effectual remedy than the use
OF lotions upon the leaves.
s. Fortunately none Of the old set
tiers among Rhode Island insects have
vet acquired a morbid appetite TOT
celery. and so far as we are aware none
Of TIE transient population Of this class
have caused any serious trouble IN the
local celery fields.
6. sub-lrrlgation through two-incn
tiles laid 10 lines ten feet apart ana
eighteen inches below the surface was
less satisfactory than surface irriga-
ton. in the experiment station celery
field.
Z. Fresh sea-weed when placed IN
the irrigation bitches between the rows
Of celery prevented the soil from wash
ing and also absorbed large amount
OF water which was released gradually
as the soil about it became dry II also
proved an excellent mulch when spread
two inches thick about the plants.
g. Probably new varieties Of celery
have been added to American seeds
mems lists at the rate OF more than
one year for the last fifty years. Evil
IDENTIFY their lists were not long at the
middle OF the present century we
know that many varieties have come
and gone since then. still we found
ffty-nine offered for sale in the United
States and Canada last spring 1886.
9. The varieties that have been rec
ognlzed by growers as having special
merit are seymour's Superb, Sandring-
ham Incompatible DWARF, Boston
Market. Golden and Golden Heart
white Plume. Rose, Paris Golden and
Giant Pascal. The Broad Ribbed IS
new type which growers generally
know but little about, ana Celeriac il
not extensively grown for market il
Rhode Island.
10. The Paris Golden or Colder
self-Blanehing celery IS distinct from
all other varieties, and probably moro
. Of this than Of all other kinds is growr
In the local market gardens.
II. Market-men prefer Paris Colder
celery because it never has the strong
bitter flavor sometimes present II
White Plume, not properly blanched
although on account Of its self-blanch
ing tendencies it is frequently marketel
before the stalks are properly ripened
u. when White Plume and Pari
Golden plants are growing side by sid
, In the same field. the latter are some
times seriously damaged By the black
heart when the former escape
13. It is claimed that the Clan
Pascal celery Is, like the Marshal
strawberry. too good for ordinary mar
ket purposes.
a. Peter Henderson was one Of tn
pioneer celery growers about New
York. and as early as 1858 he plannel
, to market about fifteen thousand head
per week from December TO April
Is. The FIRST American booklet Of
celery culture appears to have beei
, written BY NJ. Roessle. landlord Of tn
Delavan hotel at Albany, N. Y. Q
whom it was said that he not only knew
how to keep a hotel but what was NOR
, he knew how to keep a good garden.
16. 1t was Peter Henderson who ad
vocated the change from the trench t.
the surface method Of growing celer.
between 1850 and 1860. and the develop
ment Of ceiery culture as a branch o
industry seems to have been due NOR,
to his writings than to those Of an,
other one person.
~. After celery culture was simplf
fed by abandoning the trenches. It wa.
= twenty-five or thirty years before an
. other equally important advance wal
made. which appeared between 1885 and
. 1890. In the use Of boards instead ol
earth for blanching celery. This prac.
tice followed the Introduction Of ths
seli-blanChing varieties