64: CELERY. 



two feet. As soon after this as the heart 

 has grown up above the outer leaves the 

 celery will be ready for the table; the 

 whole period from the first banking being 

 but four weeks in all. By the old plan it 

 requires three months to get it three feet 

 high, and for this reason it becomes tough 

 and stringy, sometimes pithy and rusty, 

 and in any case unmarketable. By my 

 plan all rust, pith, stringiness, and tough- 

 ness is escaped, and the plant is made 

 sweet, crisp, tender, and palatable. 



I observe the rule of never hilling 

 celery until about four weeks before it is 

 required for the table, and thus am ena- 

 bled to blanch it only as needed for use. 

 If I need a thousand heads a day through 

 October, I hill that number each day 

 throughout July, and so with other 



