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the plants so that they will stand at about 

 half an inch apart. The greatest care 

 must be taken not to hoe the crop while 

 the dew is on, for otherwise it will be 

 liable to be stricken with rust. These 

 plants will be ready for setting out in 

 June or early July. They should be hoed 

 only in case of weeds, or if they require 

 water, and then it should only be done 

 when the wind is Northerly or Westerly. 

 The trenches for Winter celery are to be 

 made as for the Summer crop. All 

 celery in the Fall that has not been 

 banked when the first heavy frost ap- 

 pears, should be so treated at once to 

 prevent the frost from destroying it, as 

 the soil is too warm to admit of its being 

 transplanted for winter use. 



Care should be used against burying 



