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crops, the plants are usually twice transplanted. When 

 lifted from the seed-bed, they are put out five or six 

 inches apart. In this section, celery is invariably 

 grown as a second or third crop. The soil best 

 adapted to celery is a strong, deep, sandy loam, natur- 

 ally moist; and it needs and must have plenty of 

 moisture during droughts, or a shortage will be the 

 result. 



Where celery is to follow early cabbage, it is the 

 usual custom to plough the land before setting the 

 plants. But no manure should be added to that 

 already in the soil. The plants must be put in at just 

 the right depth — just so deep as not to cover the 

 crown — and the loosened soil must be brought to- 

 gether firmly about the roots. Celery of all kinds 

 should be planted on a level, and not in trenches. 



The first transplanting is to be done in June, the 

 second in July. If the crop has been planted out 

 early, it is well to commence banking it the first week 

 in Septerriber, or about four weeks before it is wanted. 

 Two bankings will suffice for the early crop, and they 

 should be timed about ten days apart. For later use, 

 say about Thanksgiving time, commence about the 

 first of October ; repeat the banking about the tenth, 

 and still a^ain about the twentieth. For winter use, 

 bank about the fifteenth or twentieth, according to the 

 season ; and if the celery is not very large, one bank- 

 ing will be sufficient. 



When it is ready for storing, it should be taken up 

 and placed in pits prepared for the purpose. The roots 

 should be covered the same as if thev were standing: 



