. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . the Bordeaux mixture and otherstandard fungicides will entirely prevent it. Varieties of Celery.—The dwarf kinds are the best to grow;the red varieties are of excellent quality but do not take wellin the markets. For early marketing the White Plume is highlyesteemed and probably the most profitable variety for generalmarketing. Its stalks and leaves are white without going throughthe bleaching process but are not of as good flavor as whenbleached. Golden JSelf Blanching is another similar variety, thatis
. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . the Bordeaux mixture and otherstandard fungicides will entirely prevent it. Varieties of Celery.—The dwarf kinds are the best to grow;the red varieties are of excellent quality but do not take wellin the markets. For early marketing the White Plume is highlyesteemed and probably the most profitable variety for generalmarketing. Its stalks and leaves are white without going throughthe bleaching process but are not of as good flavor as whenbleached. Golden JSelf Blanching is another similar variety, thatis considered by some growers superior to White Plume. Oneof the best flavored as well as best keeping kinds is the GoldenDwarf, or Golden Hearted Dwarf. Other good varieties are thePerfection, Hartwell, Giant Pascal and the Boston Market. Celeriac, or Turnip-Rooted Celery, is a form of celery culti-vated for its roots, which are eaten either cooked or raw. Thestalks are generally hollow and quite worthless. The plants areraised by the same method as that for celery but may be planted. SWEET POTATOES. 189 In rows not over twelve inches apart. The roots are generallykept by storing them in moist sand the same as carrots. Marketing.—Celery is marketed when well blanched. Inpreparing it for market most of the roots are trimmed off andthe green and decaying leaves are removed. About a dozen rootsare generally tied together for a bunch, although the size of thebunch varies in different markets. Celery can be easily shippedlong distances when trimmed and packed in tight boxes. Muchof that which is supplied to the markets of this section comesfrom Kalamazoo, Michigan, where it is raised on drained swampland. THE MORNING GLORY FAMILY. (Order convolvulaceae.) The Morning Glory Family includes mostly twining, trailingor rarely erect plants (some tropical species are shrubs or trees,ours are herbs.) Commonly with some milky juice, alternateleaves, no stipules, regular gamopetalous flower
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