Show CELERY considered AT ONE TIME AS NOVELTY NOW IMPORTANT CROP V ii afif y k M 6 te af 4 ytje ire i at 1 t iy ay av y 4 R 4 vp am 4 isa 3 1 al V 4 4 17 L V I 1 ia 1 is Z 4 ZM harvesting and packing pacing celery in field laprel li prel by tho th united st stath tes department of Arri culture prom from it a crop that was a novelty ond find oer bened vedon on the tables of only a few people to nn an industry that lias has produced as is ninny ns as crates in a year I 1 3 been the development of 0 celery production within the mcivory of many people now living with tho the rapid increase in the growing crowing of tile the crop me of 0 culture and marketing brive materially changed new diseases alid lini appeared find and a number of problem have arisen because of new problems find tile united states department of agriculture liaa has just issued farmers bulletin 1209 celery growing by W it beattle Dent tle in tire lire discussed tile the fun or of successful production lic including luding the best methods of growing and tile the crop tle crop can be grown on almost tiny type of soil it if enough plant food Is present at and water Is supplied during the dry periods but most of the successful celery growing enterprises are on low lying muck or I hammock soil eoll under present day conditions it Is not practicable to depend entirely on manure linure ns as a fertilizer and large quantities of commercial fertilizer are used growers prowess in the northeastern part of the country using from 1400 to 1800 pounds of high arnde plant food to the lie acre florida growers sometimes use rise na as much as aa three diee tons to tile the acre hut but not all of the discussion Is lie do W jv 1 K I 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 4 4 M packing celery voted to the commercial growing prow ing ot of fe celery lery there la Is a chapter on prodoc ing the crop lit the home bottle garden find aind runny any ot of the practices that have hae jeen heen developed are applicable no matter on what settle scale it Is grown brown copies of the new bulletin may be obtained tree free by to tle the united states department of agriculture washington was once a luxury celery was mas once a fall land winter luxury associated tilt turkey find and cranberry uan berry saute sauce but now it Is oaten eaten during the entire benr ear and the production of early celery lias has become a big business bubines s host of the lie crop Is grown in the region of the great lakes and also in new jersey find in florida find and in california the muck soils soil of tile northwestern faction tire ore of the right texture usually high in nitrogen but deficient in potash find and phosphorus in addition to muck soils mills good crops are arc grown groa on level leel sandy foams such ns as are found in the vicinity of N y in northeastern new jersey hersl y on long island and in many other localities commercial fertilizers fertilisers used ra ft a rule contain about 4 to 7 tier per sent of 0 nitro pen gen 8 per rent cent of phosphoric neld add mid and 0 6 or 7 per cent tit of potash pot asli the mixed fertilizer la Is ustia usually liv by one or two side dressings ot n nitrate ot or sulphate of amponin ninno am during the tha growling period in the uld where lehere manure aused Is used it la Is usually applied in IK the HIP fall and plowed under then re tuma to the surface in the spring by bv re plowIng or Is nw posted and spread over the land after plowing find disked into the soil the name as commercial fertilizer most muck solis soils are easily put in the lie right condition and require only plowing find about two disking and two dragg ings store dis kIngs antl drag draginis ings however are needed on newly reclaimed mucks seed largely lar oely imported most of the celery seed i j lm but tire a few producers ot of high grade seed in tho the united states anti some gome growers crowds grow their own seed the old idea was that strictly fresh seed la Is necessary but recent expert ments have shown that four year carold car old seed gives greater free freedom doun from US dis va ease and in ninny many respects Is preferable to fresh frech seed deed Ilo however wever much I 1 depends upon the way the seed heed tins lina been handled ns as crent chi of temperature per pera aturo ture reduce its vitality are ara approximately celer celery Y dectis cecys in III nn in I 1 ounce find and to 16 plants planta lire ard needed to set ret an acre but not L every ry seed L ca can 13 be relied upon to prove duee a good plant four ounces of extra good seed la Is usually tilly enough to provide plants for nn an acre but inot growers use eight to twelve oun ounces ves in three to live weeks after the early crop seed la is sown tile the plants ore arc transplanted to trays traya to greant greenhouse lollee hen clies or to cold frames find and later inter to the fields for the later or ard crop the plants are usually growt grown in held field beds for the home garden or SOO plants can be 10 started in a cigar box boa or in III a wooden tray in tha louse house but na its a rule it Is more economical to buy ilse lie small number of plants needed special care anre Is needed during tho ilia two weeks after the seed Is sown to 0 o see sec that the soil boll dors not dry out n ard r d after the plants come up that they ure are not over watered there are ninny in portana details to the ahe setting of if the ie plants in the field but even tho tl commercial fields are set feet by hand though the department suggests that I 1 there 11 ere la Is no reason why a suitable machine f act doing the work should not be developed celery Is a moisture loving find it Is frequently to ero cin ploy litigation unless the nill foil Is riot nat vally moist three systems are arc e can in plowed the tha overhead sprinkler tein abe furrow or rufface is system stem find and tile underground or irrIgation ayster ten it has hai been found that the first of these Is generally the most adopt able since the plants tire are greatly in aured by wilting successful growers watch the moisture conditions condition kinsely land apply water before an ana A tiling biting of the alie leaves occurs some successful growers in ue the northeastern district do not use irrigation tile depend upon having the soil in good condition and well supplied with or ganic anale matter and upon gli und find frequent cultivation celery Is subject to the ho attacks of flis diseases eAses froth from seedbed to market oft Is the lie principal donger danger in the seel seedbed bed but this can usually be controlled satisfactorily by care not to over overwater waler and by giving plenty of ventilation ti plants lit in tile the field suffer from parly carly and late alight bacterial brigit Seler othila rot and blackheart black heart there aro are rots that attack the hie product in storage ur in transit spread rapidly during periods of molt and is sultry weather and even during bright 1 weather I when the plants are growing ril eidly spraying Is necessary to be on alm safo safe side the storage lilla baights blights lits 0 or r rn ra i usually have their in in 1161 diseases ds cases control la is based upon crop rotation and spraying with bourdeux borde ux mixture to prevent them A reading of the bulletin will give a thorough understanding of the approved meth of control results of experience I 1 T the lie experience of anany successful sNI growers and the results of till nl tests testa lit fill lin ching harvesting r stor in ng and are given in considerable deball although it Is nn an ix x pe alve crop to grow find most growers erve paid little to ost cost accounting and conditions vary so much from year to year beur und and in different regions that it Is difficult to give lv figures of real value the principal cipal items of expense are ret int on lave investment truent plowing ind and filling the hie in gnp growing the plants setting find and cultivating spraying cost of boards board or paper buted in blanching labor selling polling CO coats AS and washing it la Is safe to ur sulue says the department lint hat the ho grower ivich alib Is not making a profit of front from to 00 fin an acre or more is ft falling illing short of ills his goal but tile alie only way to know abat profit Is 13 belag being roade made lg Is to keel a careful cost account to balance against the returns |