TRANSPLANTING CELERY. 



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TRANSPLANTING CELERY. 



(From "Neyetiilile ( inrik'niuu." I)\- rrul. S. H. Green.) 



"It is ^ei\erally best to transplant celery plants temporarily when 

 very youn^ from the bed where the seed is sown to boxes or to 

 other beds where the)- will have sufficient room to develop properly 

 until lariie enouj^-h to be moved to their quarters in the field. The 

 effect of this early transplanting- is to encourage the formation of 

 fibrous roots: such plants are much more certain to live and do 

 well when moved to the open ground in hot weather iti June or July 

 than plants that are grown without being- transplanted when young. 



Figure 2.— Effects of Transplanting Celery. 



"Figure No. 2 shows on the left the elTect of this transplanting on 

 the roots of the plants in increasing- the root sj'stem; on the right 

 is shown plants as commonly grown without l)eing moved until 

 they are to go into the field. In this latter case little more than a 

 large tap root is left, and the plants often fail unless the conditions 

 are very favorable. In each case a plant is shown with full top and 

 also one which is properly trimmed for transplanting-." 



