7o HORTICULTURE BY IRRIGATION. 



The time for storing or trenching for winter is from October 20th to 

 November 10th. That which is hilled up the highest can be left out the 

 longest. A light freeze will not hurt it providing you do not touch it. 

 Celery will stand nearly as much freezing as cabbage. Dig your trenches 

 a few inches deeper than the celery is tall, including a few inches of roots, 

 and not more than ten or twelve inches wide. If the soil is damp or wet 

 on the bottom, provided no water stands in it long, all the better. 



Storing Celery. 



With a horse and plow work down the soil from around the celery. With 

 a sharp shovel take up the plants, with a few inches of root attached, place 

 in the trench upright, rather close together without crowding ; cover with 

 boards held up with cross-pieces a few inches above the tops of the celery, 

 so as to leave an air space over the trench and under the boards. A few 

 inches of straw upon the boards is all that is necessary for some time, or 



