I saw a note in Editorial Notes about Kalamazoo Celery, saying it would be interesting to know the cost of land per acre, etc. I thought I would give you a few notes which you can publish or not, as you may see fit.

It is estimated that two thousand acres are under cultivation. From which, nearly all, two crops are taken, and occasionally three crops in one season. Eighteen hundred persons, including men and the members of their families, are engaged in the cultivation of this vegetable; and thirty-five hundred people who get their living either directly or indirectly from celery. Twenty and thirty and not infrequently fifty tons are shipped daily during the shipping season, which commences July 1st and continues until the celery is all disposed of, which is usually before January 1st. The lumber for the boxes used in packing the vegetable alone cost $20,000 last season. Land which formerly would have been considered dear at $30 per acre, is now held at from two to eight hundred dollars per acre, according to location.

The demand is excellent this season. The growers will commence to coop the first of next week and have most of it in by Nov. 1st, when we may expect cold weather. The price is fair this season. The grower receiving 15 cents per dozen stalks. The amount of celery shipped from here this season will crowd one-half million dollars pretty close. The crop is very fine notwithstanding the severe drouth we have had all summer.

Kalamazoo, Mich.