? HORTICULTURE BY IRRIGATION. 



rainy weather in which to set celery plants in Colorado. Unless we are 

 assured of two or three days of wet weather to follow, it is best to irrigate 

 them as they are planted. It is also well to irrigate again soon after 

 planting, to make sure of a good stand. I would not advise replanting, 

 unless dene in a few days after the original planting. 



The treatment from this time on consists in good cultivation, and 

 watering as often as may be necessary, according to the character of the 

 soil, hoeing around the plants and keeping the soil mellow. It is well, 

 after the plants get well started, to fill up the inequalities around the 

 plants with soil, so that they may grow more upright and not spread out 

 flat upon the ground. 



This treatment for two months will bring us to the time of "hand- 

 ling," as it is called, which consists in taking the [celery (which should 

 stand a foot or more high by this time), with all the stems gathered to- 



Manner of Tying. Celery Plant. 



gether in one hand, and drawing enough soil around it with the other 

 hand to keep it in an upright position. My own plan and, of late years, 

 that of many others has been, after gathering the stems of the plant to- 

 gether and holding them with one hand, with the other hand I place a 

 string around it ancl tie it rather loosely, allowing for future growth ; tie 

 about half way of the length of the plant (see illustration). After a row 

 has been tied in this way, take a horse and small turning plow and turn 

 a furrow against the row of celery from each side. For celery to use 

 early, tie a piece of wrapping paper, eight inches high, around the plant 

 to keep the soil away from it. This is not necessary unless you desire to 



