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the same way as radishes. Cabbage and cauliflower are 

 usually transplanted; that is, the seed is sown in boxes 

 in the house or greenhouse for early varieties, or in beds in 

 the garden for later varieties. Then the small plants are 

 later set out in the field where they are to grow. 



Celery is not commonly grown, but it should be, and 

 may be grown on any good com soil. It requires rich, 

 moist soil. The seed is first sown in boxes, or beds, and 

 transplanted. It is often transplanted twice, first from the 

 small beds or boxes to larger beds, then later to the field. 

 For early varieties the seed is sown a month or more before 

 the soil outside can be worked. For late varieties it is sown 

 after the soil outside is in good condition. The plants are 

 set in well prepared, rich soil, in rows three to four feet 

 apart, and the plants about six inches apart in the row. 

 Celery is kept cultivated as any crop. Sometimes a mulch 

 of manure or straw is placed between the rows to check the 

 growth of weeds, and retain moisture. It is necessary to 

 keep soil packed against the plants on either side to keep 

 them from spreading. Celery is always bleached before 

 it is used. This may be done by placing boards on either 

 side of the rows, or by banking up the rows with soil from 

 between the rows. If the celery is to be used in the winter, 

 it is put into the cellar green, then bleached as needed. 

 Bleaching is merely growing celery away from the Hght. 

 Celery is stored in the cellar by packing the plants tightly 

 in boxes with sand in the bottom into which the roots are 

 placed. It is kept as cool as possible without freezing. 

 To bleach in the cellar, keep the plants moist and warm 

 enough so that they will grow. 



Tender Vegetables. — Beans are planted in the spring 

 after all danger of frost is past, in rows two to two and a 

 half feet apart, and with from three to six seeds per foot 

 in the row. Good clean cultivation is all that is required. 

 String beans are secured from varieties planted especially 

 for that purpose. Shelled beans, the navy varieties, are 

 usually planted. 



Sweet corn is planted and cultivated the same as field 

 corn, except usually in a much smaller way. 



