SUCCESS IN MARKET GARDENING 



beyond that already in the soil. Experience proves 

 that the land is usually able to carry out the crop 

 better by relying upon the unconsumed portion 

 of the fertilizers supplied to the earlier crop than 

 by addition of fresh manure. 



Care must be taken to set the plants at just 

 the right depth just so deep as not to cover 

 the crown and the loosened soil must be pressed 

 down and brought together firmly about the roots. 

 Celery of all kinds should be planted for level 

 culture, and not in trenches. 



We have usually had the rows four to five feet 

 apart, and plants six inches apart in the row. 

 The only cultivation necessary after the setting, 

 until it is time for the hilling-up usually termed 

 banking consists in keeping the ground free 

 from weeds and the surface mellow. Never hoe 

 or bank when wet. 



Where the celery is set out for a late crop, and 

 is to be banked but once, the plants may in that 

 case be set in rows only four and a half feet apart. 

 The first transplanting is to be done in June, the 

 second in July; sometimes, in a very wet season, 

 it may be successful if as late as the first week in 

 August. 



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