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A little feed may be fown at the beginning or even 

 latter end of May; and if the ground is covered with a 

 mat, it will help the feed to germinate, by keeping the 

 earth cool, and from a drying air ; but it muff be taken 

 off and the ground lightly watered, as foon as the 

 plants appear. If the weather mould be very funny, 

 ihade the young plants a little for a few days, by raifing 

 the mat, or laying fome brufh wood over. 



Prick out the plants in moift weather (if poflible) 

 when two or three inches high, at three or four afunder. 

 Water them every other day for a week if dry wea- 

 ther fucceed. 



Plant celery when fix inches high, in trenches a yard 

 diftant, and fix inches from one another. In a light 

 foil, the trenches may be fomewhat deeper ; but gene- 

 rally near a fpade's depth is proper, and a fpade's width, 

 keeping the walls firm and upright. Shorten long roots 

 and high tops, and pufh off fmall fide fhoots. 



If the foil is not very good, dig in a little well-rotted 

 dung at bottom ; but the celery will be founder and 

 fweeter without dung ; and though tlie plants will not 

 come up fo large, they will be hardier to refill fro ft. 

 The later that celery is planted out, the fhaliower the 

 trenches fhould be ; and when late, be the more careful 

 to difplace the fmall fide fhoots. 



Water celery at planting as at pricking out, and occa- 

 fionally afterwards in very dry weather, for it likes a 

 moid foil, and will not grow large and tender in a dry, 

 or light one. 



Earth up the plants frequently (as fuppofe every 

 week or ten days, in a growing feafon) a little at a 

 time, in order to blanch them, by which they become 

 crifp, fweet, and tender : The celery gets tough and 

 rank, when this bufiriefs is let alone too long. In earth- 

 ing up, it is a good way to gather the plants clofe (but 

 carefully) .with the left hand, ufing a trowel, or fmall 

 ipade, for the purpofe. 



In fevere frofi, lay fome long, dry, litter over the 



tops, which remove when the froft goes. In profpeft 



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