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Show it o dM fmm in CITY FURNISH BULK 0P .SUPPLY; MARKET STORY "There is plenty of work attached to the business," said one of the brothers to a representative of THE TELEGBAM- as he visited the farm and found the two brothers in a running run-ning stream of cold water, washing the cellery, getting it ready for the market. mar-ket. Two blocks west of the Haslam farm is the farm of Luke Shaw, who claims the distinction of having raised the first celery in Utah. This was in 1868, years before there was a Chinaman in the State. Mr. Shaw has been raising celery; for nearly fifty years, having been in the business in England. This season Mr. Shaw will raise something over 35,000 bunches. His trade is almost al-most entirely what might be called a private trade. For years he. has supplied sup-plied the principal hotels and restaurants restau-rants of the city with the succulent stalks. - One hotel at the present time uses about 100 bunches a.weelu.. Mr. Shaw has taken every prize offered of-fered in a State fair. For twenty-five ' Between 1200 and " 1500 bunches of . celery are used in Salt Lake evey day at the present season of the year. : - Where does this supply come from f Maay are of the opinion that- the greater part of it is either imported "or is raised by the ' Chinese track, gardeners garden-ers in and around the city.' Neither of these -opinions, however, is correct. At Jthis season of the year little, if, any, celery is imported into the eity, though a good deal is shipped in during dur-ing the spring months. The notion that John Chinaman furnishes most of the supply videntlv comes .from the fact ve see him with it on his wagon as he visits our homes. By far the greater, part' of the sup-, ply is raised by whit men. The largest celery farm in the State located at the corner , of Third 1Yi and Seventh West streets, and s ijfevl and operated by Heber and Srnej Haslam. The patch covers two tnd ra lalf acres, -upon which 65,000 ranch. of high grade celery will be -aised this. year. At the present time he Haslam brothers supply the local market. with about 600 bunches per lay. --- - ' ; . - The brothers have been .' raising eel-try eel-try upon the same piece of "ground for I he last twenty -years, their father hav-ng hav-ng started .the business nearly ten t-ears before they entered the business. years ne nas zurnisnea tne supply to one restaurant in this city. Located in the same part of the city, the northwest part, are a number of smaller farms' conducted by white men, also a few small farms run by Chinamen. China-men. . The latter, however, raise but a small part of the daily supply. The seed for celery is planted during the month of March. The young plants are transplanted during the month of May, and the first crop is ready about |