Show CELERY GAINING IN FAVOR grows best in the rocky mountains where it Is neglected by farmers celery Is a native of europe where it has always been much more used than here not only in salads and as a relish for which it is still principally demanded in this country but as a seasoning for soups and other dishes and cooked by itself like any other vegetable its traditional place on the american table has heretofore been with the turkey and cranberry sauce at thanksgiving and christmas and other special feasts but of recent years it has come into more general use at all times of the year while as one of the ingredients of salad it is more than holding its place despite the coming of so many new dishes of the salad family the old discussion to whether CL cry 1 i a wt or mer food is rapidly giving way before the generally accepted idea that it is a good thing to eat it whenever it can be bad and in philadelphia this means all the year it Is definitely established too as a nerve tonic harm less in large or small quantities while it is extremely perishable after it has once been harvested and loses rapidly the crispness which makes one of its most delightful char it can now be had after being only a little while out of the ground also from many climates in rotation besides there are ways of storing it and keeping it in good con dialon before it is picked or rather pulled up by the roots the mar let calls for it the all season supply comes from as far south as florida and as far west as california curiously enough the rocky moun tain celery which Is declared by con to be superior to all other reach market or any other this appears to be a case of a neglected industry among the mountaineers who are too busy with mines and cattle and some fruits to raise more than enough celery for their own consumption right in the heart of the rocky mountains says a man who has been there where celery Is so much better than any where else that it seems like a dif ferent thing it is hard to get and high priced |