382 THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



and a temporary shed constructed over the transplanted 

 plants (Fig. 253). 



CELERIAC, which is occasionally grown for home use, 

 may be cultivated in the same way as celery, except 

 that it does not need blanching. It is usually earthed 

 up slightly, however, some time before harvesting. The 

 edible portion is the turnip-like root (Fig. 254). 



ASPARAGUS plants may be grown from seed, but it is 

 easier* and cheaper to buy them for small gardens. 

 Good strong two or three-year-old plants should be set 

 in wide open furrows six inches deep, three feet apart 

 in the rows, with rows five feet apart. The furrows are 



253. Storing celery in a pit. 



then filled in slowly during summer cultivation, till the 

 surface is entirely level. For the first two or three 

 years, and occasionally thereafter, a heavy dressing of 

 well -rotted manure should be worked into the surface 

 in spring. Dressings with salt are often advised, but 

 their value has not been fully ascertained. 



It is not advisable to cut the bed until the plants are 

 three years set, and the cutting should always cease in 

 June or by the first of July. 



In the fall all the old canes should be cut back and 



