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remove the plant to tho vegetable-house. Kemove the outer leaves to be 

 washed, and reserved for soups. The centre parts carefully examine, and re- 

 move discoloured parts ; and when washed clean, dip it in clear salt-and-water 

 to dislodge any small worms : this done, it passes out of the gardener's care. 



1753. As frost sets in, a quantity of the crop for immediate use should be 

 taken up ; removing the roots and soil, and tying the leaves together, convey 

 them to the root-cellar, and lay them in sand, not too dry. Look to them 

 from time to time, to see that they do not get too dry. 



1754. There are many kinds of celery in cultivation for early sorts. 

 Early dwarf solid white is recommended. 



Coles's superb white only differs in colour from his superb red : both 



highly recommended. 

 Manchester giant has a high reputation, but chiefly for its vigorous 



growth. 

 Old solid red, much grown by London market-gardeners. 

 Sutton's solid white, highly recommended for its colour and crispness. 

 Seymour's white champion is recommended for its compact, blanched, 

 and crisp heart. 

 1755- Asparagus being a permanent occupant of the quarter in the usual mode 

 of management, new plantations may still be made on a rich soil, neither wet nor 

 too stiff, but pulverizing readily under the spade. On this soil a coating of 

 rich well-rotted stable-manure, three or four inches thick, should be spread, 

 when the ground should be trenched three spades deep, the manure being 

 buried pretty equally at the bottom spit of each trench. The ground being dug 

 and levelled, divide it into 4-foot beds, with alleys two feet wide between 

 each bed. 



1756. Select strong one-year-old plants without tops, and plant them two 

 rows in each 4-foot bed, the rows a foot from each side of the bed, and the 

 plants a foot apart in the rows. 



1757. The method of planting is as follows :— Strain the garden-line 

 longitudinally along the beds, a foot from the edge ; then with a spade 

 cut out a small trench or drill vertical to the line, six inches deep. In 

 this trench set the plants upright against the vertical side, so that the 

 crown of the plant stands upright, and two or three inches below the sur- 

 face of the ground, spreading out the roots against the back of the trench, 

 and drawing a Httle earth round the roots with the hand to steady them. 

 When the whole row is planted, with a rake draw the earth into the trench 

 round the roots of the plants ; then proceed with the next row in the same 

 manner. As a plantation of asparagus only comes into bearing the third 

 year, it is sometimes customary to sow a thin crop of onions over the beds at 

 the time of planting, afterwards raking the surface of the beds smooth. As 

 soon as they begin to grow, give a good watering with salt-and-water, about 

 the strength of sea-water ; then keep the bed clear of weeds, pulhng up all 

 onions, or other surface-crops, where they come up close to the plants, and 

 the new beds will suffer no injury. 



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