The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-09-15

Smooth froque.
Egg Plant.--Blk. Pekin, Burpee's
Blk. Beauty.
Representatives, Giant, Red Chilli.
Tomatoes. Livingston Beauty.
Selected Trophy, Crimson Cushion
Acme, Royal Red.
For detailed cultural direction of
which, see previous numbers of the
Forester and Agriculturist. While not
the most favorable season for the
whole list planted, satisfactory results
may be expected from nearly all, il
precautions are taken to guard against
excessive wet by sowing in raised beds
and hills, on the one hand, and mulch
ing with light litter and careful water
ing ON the other, should another dry
spell set in.
The recent rains have proven very
beneficial with us, fodder fields of
Panicum which were brown from
drought have revived and are making
fine growth and the young vegetables
just sprouting are growing rapidly.
Weeds, too, are making great strides
and need prompt suppression to pre-
vent smothering of tender seedlings.
In continuance of general cultural
notes in which the May issue dealt
with "Root Crops we again take up
in regular order the remainder of the
general list of vegetables.
CELERY. Apium Graveoleus.
L. veleri. G. Sellerie. Italian. Sedano
Apio.
While we can not hope to grow eel
cry like the far-famed Kalamazoo
product, or the rich moist peat lands of
Orange county, California, some of our
cooler moist localities will grow fair
celery, as has been amply demonstrated
by the Volcano House product, and n
few other favored localities in Hawaii.
But as the plant win not endure a
high dry heat. our leeward districts are
not adapted to its culture except, per
haps, for the growing of few sprigs
for soup greens.
Remembering then that celery
thrives best in an equable cool tenn
perature with an abundance of moist
ure, the additional important require
ment is an abundance of decomposed
vegetable matter in the soil, hence the
splendid adaptability of the natural
peat lands, and any one possessing
, such a soil, other conditions being
equal, would do well to give celery a
trial with view of producing the crop
on a commercial scale. However, a
good deep garden soil, well enriched
with thoroughly rotted barn yard
manure, deeply worked in, may be made
to give fine results where climatic con-
ditions are favorable.
Young plants should be grown in
seed beds and transplanted when about
four inches high. If previously
thinned out to prevent over-crowding
sturdy plants will result, and such are
the only kind worth transplanting.
As the seed is small and terminates
slowly, it is useless to attempt sowing
the seed in permanent beds, Decides
with celery, as with variety of other
vegetables, transplanting is desirable
| for the production of stocky growth.
Seed sown at this time should pro-
| ducet plants ready for transplanting In
November. When about three inches
tall, which should be in October, cut
back the tops one-half and just before
transplanting repeat the operation and
at the same time cut back the tap root
without disturbing the hbrous root
49, ort ~ aaa,s f,,rrows tventy.
| four 10 thirty inches apart to permit
of banking as the plants grow in
height.
In setting the young plants ~ Is I'm,
| abont the roots, and the soil never
nermitted to get dry. When the plants
arc fan IN twelve inches biqh thew are
; ready for blanchinp ana this is per.
hans, hest done by setting 12-inch
boards ON edge ON each side and close
to the row If nIants. il is important
that the stalks he dry when the bank.
mo or nlankinp 10 done. else thew may
ROT RI tbe leaves are nermitted to lap
over the edge of the board they will
sufficiently Shed rains.
II reo,,ires about a month to blanch
the Green varieties while the White
Plume and similar sorts are more
quickly treated AN ,hsenio un,t nie ~ ~
90. s;noh 5ra;n ti,es over each indi
vidual plant but ANYTHING that will
exclude light and water from the stems
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