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condition of tilth and general preparation the 

 risks resulting from the vicissitudes of the weather, 

 etc. Yet the fact remains that it is usually much 

 better and easier to transplant a crop from the seed- 

 bed than to thin out a standing one, and the plants 

 so established will exhibit a more uniform growth. 



When the celery is to follow cabbage or other 

 early crops, the plants are usually twice trans- 

 planted once from the seed-bed, and again 

 when set out permanently in the open field. When 

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

 six inches apart, so that, when next to be removed 

 they can be lifted singly, and without their being 

 so violently disturbed as when lifted from a bed 

 where they have grown too large standing close, 

 and with the roots all twined together. 



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, naturally 

 moist; the crop needs and must have plenty of 

 moisture during droughts, or a shortage will be 

 the inevitable result. 



When celery is to follow early cabbage, it is the 

 usual custom to plough the land before setting 

 the plants. But no manure should be applied 



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