CELERY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1988, 31 December 1889, Page 4

CELERY.

A writer in an American paper gives the following information• Celery, whether self-blanching or otherwise, can be grown with much or little labor, but, like other vegetables, the more care that is given the better will be the result. There is a certain crispness and delicacy of flavor which can only be imparted by banting generously with earth. Previous to banking, some attention is necessary. Last year I bought a few pounds of straw paper, cut the sheets into ten-inch strips, and wrapped each plant in a paper jacket, then hilled up almost'to the top of the papers. After a little practice, this can be dene as expeditiously as the ordinary tying up. This wrapping should be done when the plants are perhaps a foot high, keeping the loose end of the paper in place with a handful of earth, thrown on with a garden trowel, until the row is finished, Cara should always-be taken in hilling up to give a broad base to the hill, as the. soil will need to be drawn up higher, later on, if the plants have grown far enough above the paper to make it necessary. Persons raising celery on a large scale, for ordinary market purposes, would hardly care to take this trouble, but if only a few hundred for family use are grown, this plan cannot be to highly recommended. There are two advantages gained by this process; 1. There are no crooked stalks, as is often, the case when the plants are tied up, 2. It prevents earth-worms from nibbling the stalks, which they are sure to do in a wet season,