VEGETABLES — CELERY. 133 



This being done, more soil is drawn against the row, (either 

 by the plow or hoe, as circumstances require), so as to 

 keep the plant in this upright position. The blanching 

 process must, however, be finished by the spade, which is 

 done by digging the soil from between the rows and 

 banking it up clear to the top on each side of the row of 

 Celery, as in fig. 40. Three feet is ample distance be- 

 tween the dwarf varieties, but when " Seymour's Superb," 



Fig. 40.— CELERY E.UJTIIED UP. 



" Giant," or other large sorts are used, the width between 

 the rows must be at least 4i or 5 feet, which entails much 

 more labor and loss of ground. For* the past eight years 

 I have grown none but the dwarf varieties, and have saved 

 in consequence at hast one-half in labor, and one-third in 

 ground, while the average price per root in market has 

 been always equal and occasionally higher than for the 

 tall growing sorts. 



My neighbors around me have at last got their eyes 

 opened to the value of the dwarf sorts, and I think that 

 a few years more will suffice to throw the large and coarse- 



