The market grower has to do things in a very different manner from the amateur. With the former, profit is the first consideration. The latter aims chiefly at excellence. From an amateur's stand-point, the following chapter on celery from the Garden is one of the best we have ever read - and though written for the growers of England, will furnish excellent hints for our people:

" In many gardens, especially small ones, celery is the only salad plant to be found in winter, and, apart from its value in this way, it is also most acceptable as a culinary vegetable. No labor should therefore be spared to make the supply of it as plentiful and good as possible, but celery which might be in prime condition in August and September will not be of much value now, as it becomes soft in the centre and not so crisp and firm as when it is approaching full size. The best celery for winter use is that which is now only about three parts grown, and spring celery need not be more than half grown at the present time. The winter celery crop should extend from November until March. Its most injurious enemies are damp and frost. Deep trenches on each side of the plants will help greatly to drain off superfluous moisture from them, and where there are only one or two rows together a good bank of soil put against them (as is done in earthing up) will prevent a great deal of rain from reaching the plants, as it will fall on the sides and run off. A quantity of finely sifted ashes if placed round the plants at the last earthing up will prevent them to a great extent from decay, as the ashes do not cling to the leaves like sticky soil.

All earthing up of winter celery should be completed as soon as possible, and it is most important that the soil be prevented from falling into the centres of the plants. This is injurious at all times, but more particularly now, as damp earth will cause the interior of the plants to quickly decay. If each plant is tied up firmly with a piece of matting before earthing, and it is afterwards removed, earthing up will be more easily and safely done than when untied. I do not approve of lifting a large quantity of celery and keeping it stored away for use. This plan is convenient if practiced before a protracted frost sets in, but it does not possess any other advantage. The plants should be well protected in the trenches at such times, and this may be done by putting a good band of hay or straw round each, but it is not safe to allow this to remain on when there is no frost, as it may cause the plants to perish from damp. Timely protection is the secret of successful preservation; there is little or no use in covering them up after the leaves have been almost reduced to a pulp by frost. - J. Muir"