Celery Taste is ever plac'd in the middle of the Grand Sallet, at our Great Men's tables, and Praetors feasts, as the Grace of the whole Board". Celery makes a minor appearance in colonial American gardens; its culinary limitations are reflected in the observation by the author of "A Treatise on Gardening, by a Citizen of Virginia" that it is "one of the species of parsley." Its first extended treatment in print was in Bernard M'Mahon's "American Gardener's Calendar" (1806). After the mid-19th century, continued selections for refined crisp texture and taste brought celery to American tables, where it was served
Celery mosaic virus been identified in several weed species in the "Apiaceae" family, including poison hemlock ("Conium maculatum"), mock bishopweed ("Ptilimnium capillaceum") and wild cherry ("Apium leptophyllum"). A 2012 study demonstrated that plants from Solanaceae, Curcurbitacae, Chenopodiaceae, and Amaranthaceae, families, in addition to plants from the Apiaceae family, become infected when mechanically inoculated with purified CeMV. Plants in this study tested positive for the CeMV virus, and displayed similar symptoms to celery, but with reduced severity. There is some confusion in the literature as to whether CeMV can infect hosts in the family "Chenopodiaceae". In 2002, a paper reporting the results of a