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three-pronged table fork ; keep them 

 well watered, and by the ist of July 

 they will be fine plants with good 

 roots to them. By this time, our 

 early vegetables such as peas, beets, 

 lettuce, beans, early potatoes, and 

 even old beds of strawberries have 

 had their season, and we can make 

 good use of the ground for our celery. 

 Now get two garden lines, and put 

 them about twelve inches apart, the 

 length you want to make your rows, 

 having your rows four feet apart, dig 

 your trench between the lines and 

 about nine or ten inches deep, now 

 put four inches of good old manure, 

 and with your garden fork dig it 

 under and mix well with the soil, 

 put an inch or two of soil over this, 

 and your trench is ready (which by 

 this time is not much of a trench 

 after all) for the plants. Now take 

 your garden trowel, cut round your 

 plants, and put them in about the 

 same depth as they were before 

 moving, they will hardly know they 

 have been moved; though it will do 

 them good to have a little watering 



at this stage, and whenever they get 

 too dry. They will appear to be at 

 a standstill for quite a while after 

 this, but they are forming new roots 

 all the time, and getting ready for 

 business later on. As you cultivate 

 and scratch among them, bank them 

 up a little at the same time by taking 

 hold of the plant in your left hand, 

 and drawing the earth around them 

 with your right ; you do this so as to 

 prevent the soil getting into the 

 heart. It you want extra fine celery 

 and clean also, tie a soft string 

 loosely round the plant when it is 

 about half-grown, this will keep the 

 leaves together and expedite the 

 banking-up business considerably. 

 If you are limited to room you may 

 have your rows closer, and after 

 the celery is about three quarters 

 grown, place boards close on each 

 side of the rows, and put stakes 

 behind to keep them up. The celery 

 will bleach just as well as if banked 

 up to the tops, as all that is required 

 to whiten celery is to exclude the 

 light. 



NOTES FROM SISTER SOCIETIES. 



Cultivation to Withstand Drought — The Bubach Strawberry — Nezv Mode of 



Refrigeration for Fruits — Chemical Composition of Fruits — Needs 



of the Soil for Profitable Fruit Production — 



Fertilizers — Grape Rot. 



THE Ohio State Horticultural So- 

 ciety met at Troy, Dec. 12, 13 

 and 14, and was a great success. 

 One point proved was the import- 

 ance of cultivation in dry seasons. Mr. 

 W. J. Green said that at the O. Ex. 

 Station, irrigation had been found 

 impracticable, the chief reason being 

 that water is too expensive. One and 

 one-fourth inch per acre, which is 



about the amount of a good shower, 

 is equal to one thousand barrels or 

 one hundred two-horse loads, and 

 costs in Columbus seven dollars and 

 fifty cents. Mulching, too, sometimes 

 fails. The best plan seems to be 

 cultivation. Experiments in Illinois 

 and Connecticut show that half an 

 inch of rainfall may be saved per 

 week from evaporation by stirring 



