VEGETABLES RAISED FOR MARKET 



If the crop has been planted out early, banking 

 may begin the first week in September, or about 

 four weeks before it is wanted. Two bankings 

 will suffice for the early crop, and they should be 

 timed about ten days apart. For later use, say 

 about Thanksgiving time, commence about the 

 first of October; repeat the banking about the 

 tenth, and still again about the twentieth. For 

 winter use, bank about the fifteenth or later, 

 according to the season; and if the celery is not 

 very large, one banking will be sufficient, as it 

 only requires to be straightened up to have it 

 keep long; and it is better if blanched but very 

 little. 



When it is ready for storing it should be taken 

 up and placed in pits prepared for the purpose. 

 The roots should be covered the same as if they 

 were standing in the ground; and should be 

 placed about six inches apart, if they are to remain 

 on hand long, so as to allow the air to circulate 

 properly. ^ 



To prepare a pit for storing celery make the 

 sides of plank, twenty-four feet apart and about 

 two feet high from the ground. The boards for 

 covering should be thirteen feet long, the ends 



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