826 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
A Member: Didn’t I understand you to say that you did 
your bleaching out of doors? 
Mr. Sampson: Yes, for winter. I stated in this paper that 
for putting the celery away for winter, the peat is better. 
Many of the articles have stated that it is better to trench the 
celery on the hillside and cover it up, because the water would 
not then stand in the rows. Now, the marsh being under- 
drained by tile, there is no danger of flooding. Any water that 
the soil itself will not absorb will run right off in this tile. All 
that I have to do is to make the trench right in the soil, and 
put the celery in there as solid as I can pack it. I then bank 
it up and cover it up for the winter, and there it does a large 
part of the bleaching for winter use. If it had been bleached 
when I put it in there, it would have been rotten by this time 
and unfit for market. I keep it out all winter, and I have to 
guard it from rotting or freezing. I have had varied experi- 
ence in that line. I will relate my first experience, thinking it 
may be of benefit to some of the other members. Some 
years ago I got my seeds started and thought I was in a fair 
way to get some. profit out of my labor. The land where I 
planted them was not marsh land, but it was low land where the 
water was not more than four or five feet below the surface of 
the ground. I put trenches there as they claim they should 
be placed, and set my plants in the trenches. It was, apparent- 
ly, a favorable day for setting out plants, but later on the sun 
came out bright, and the heat wilted the celery, and it went 
under. Well, soon there came a little rain, and I tried it again ~ 
in the same trenches. This time the plants did nicely, and I 
was quite proud of my success. Every thing went on well for 
about two weeks, and then a drenching shower came up. After 
the shower. when I went down to the celery trenches, I don’t be- 
lieve that in any of those rows, twenty rods long, there were 
a dozen plants left that were good for anything. At that time 
I became a little disgusted with celery growing. (Laughter.) 
I therefore wish to caution those members who are contem- 
plating setting out celery, that they want to do soin such a 
way as to avoid any chance of washing out by the water run- 
ning down the trenches. I have found in my planting in the 
marsh that it is possible to cultivate with a horse without coy- . 
ering up the plants in the trench. Ihave also heard of its be 
ing done elsewhere with success. 
Dr. Frisselle: I would like to inquire if the celery growers 
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