Bulletin . No. 60, also of this CELERY Is a crop that can with proper care be grown at this seasonof the year. Of a number of varieties tested none wasas successful as The Golden Self Blanching. Fig. 57 is aphotograph of three varieties, Early Arlington, Golden SelfBlanching, and White Plume. These were transplanted fromthe seed trays into ground beds on April 29th, and their pho-tograph was taken on July 4th, just 65 days from plants were set six inches apart each way. There is littletrouble in growing celery at this time of year under glass, butthe difficulty come
Bulletin . No. 60, also of this CELERY Is a crop that can with proper care be grown at this seasonof the year. Of a number of varieties tested none wasas successful as The Golden Self Blanching. Fig. 57 is aphotograph of three varieties, Early Arlington, Golden SelfBlanching, and White Plume. These were transplanted fromthe seed trays into ground beds on April 29th, and their pho-tograph was taken on July 4th, just 65 days from plants were set six inches apart each way. There is littletrouble in growing celery at this time of year under glass, butthe difficulty comes in blanching it. It is on this account 1 Forcing Pole Beans under Glass. 2 Green Corn under Glass. CELERY J39 that the Golden Self Blanching variety is preferable. Thisvariety blanches quickly and is ready for market in a veryshort time, while the others require a longer time and there-fore rot badly. The temperature being so high at this time ofyear any blanching process must be of short duration. Celery. EARLY ARLlNOTONiSELF BLANCHlNG WHITE PLUME Fig. 57.—Celery grown under glass. grown at this time of year is not as crisp and nutty as in thefall, but is very fair and we believe can be made a paying Squashes were also successfully grown, although nodefinite data can be given as a number of varieties were triedand there was not a sufficient quantity of any to form a basisfor an estimate. A few of the varieties as grown are seen inthe accompanying illustrations from photographs taken in thehouses, figures 53, 54. and 60. 140 UTILIZING THE GREENHOUSE IN SUMMER MUSKMELONS. In the season of 1898 a space 7x50 feet was used for forcingsummer muskmelons. The plants were started in pots andhandled similarly to cucumbers in every respect, training andall. The plants were transplanted into the beds early in Mayand began ripening fruit the fore part of August. This plotyielded 330 fruit. The varieties grown were Rose Gem,
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