The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . eemedvegetable grown, and is the established favorite with the celery-growers inthis vicinity, where large quantities are grown for the supply of the Bostonmarket. The specimen from which our illustration was drawn was grown by F. Allen of Arlington, Mass., taken from his celery-pit Jan. i6 ;and, for this season of the year, a finer specimen is rarely seen ; each sep-arate stalk perfectly blanched, with the leaves at the extremities as freshand green as from a plant taken from the ground in September. This variety is of m
The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . eemedvegetable grown, and is the established favorite with the celery-growers inthis vicinity, where large quantities are grown for the supply of the Bostonmarket. The specimen from which our illustration was drawn was grown by F. Allen of Arlington, Mass., taken from his celery-pit Jan. i6 ;and, for this season of the year, a finer specimen is rarely seen ; each sep-arate stalk perfectly blanched, with the leaves at the extremities as freshand green as from a plant taken from the ground in September. This variety is of medium size, remarkably hardy, with the offsets orside-shoots more numerous than in most varieties; blanches very easilyand quickly, and, when well grown and properly blanched, is of a purewhite color, crisp, brittle, solid, and entirely free from the least sponginessor hollowness ; of a mild, pleasant flavor, unsurpassed in this particularby any other variety. Boston-Market Celery. 277 It is recommended as one of the best sorts in cultivation, either for the.
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