The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-09-15

Tomatoes. = Livingston IS Beauty
Selected Trophy, Crimson Cushion
Acme, Royal Red.
For detailed cultural direction o.
which, see previous numbers of tn
Forester and Agriculturist. While no
the most favorable season for tn.
| whole list planted, satisfactory results
may be expected from nearly all, i
| precautions are taken to guard agains
excessive wet by sowing in raised bed.
! 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
Panieum which were brown from
drought have revived and are making
a 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.
F. ueleri, G. Sellerie. Italian. Sedano
Apio.
While we can not hope to grow cell
cry like the far-faRled Kalamazoo
prouuct, 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 a
few other favored localities in Hawaii.
But as the plant will not endure a
high dry heat, our leeward districts are
not adapted to it's culture except, per-
haps, for the growing of a few sprigs
for soup green's.
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 soil, other conditions being
equal, would do well to give celery
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, besides
with celery, as with a variety of other
vegetables, transplanting is desirable
for the production of stocky growth.
Seed sown at this time should pro-
duce 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
mass Set the plants six to eight
inches apart in deep burrows twenty
four to thirty inches apart to permit
of banking as the plants grow in
height.
In setting the young plants it is i'm
portant that the soil be well frmed
about the roots, and the soil never
permitted to get dry. When the plants
are ten to twelve inches high they are
ready for blanching ana this is per-
haps best done by setting Pinch
boards on edge on each side and close
to the row of plants; it is important
that the stalks be dry when the bank
ing or planking is done, else they may
rot. If the leaves are permitted to lap
over the edge of the board they will
sufficiently shed rains.
1t requires about month to blanch
the green varieties while the White
Plume and similar sorts are more
quickly treated. An ingenious method
of blanching few celery plants is to
set 5-inch drain tiles over each lndi-
vidual plant, but anything that will
exclude light and water from the stems
will do.
VARIETIES.
While never very successful with
celery at Kamehameha, an extensive
trial made last year proved quite en-
,ouraeine. The following standard
varieties were tried:
Imp. White Plume, Giant Pascal and
Gold self blanehing, the two former
loing best. The so-called self blanch-
ing sorts are improved by artificial
A root aphis attacked our plants
towards the close of the season last
year and were not discovered until
nearly time for harvesting.
1t is believed that strong solution
IF ammonia water, say a quart bottle
If washing ammonia to five gallons OF
water would be effective in Kidding in
,ected plants.
CELERIACE. Idem. /.
>. Celeri-rave. G. Knoll-sellerie. Ital-
ian. Sedano-rapa.
Celeriace is an abnormal rooted eel :
.ry, highly priced for cooking and
alad purposes. The root, which is
.reatly enlarged, is the part used.
The cultural methods are the same
s for celery, except that blanching IS