CELERY. 79 



HOW AND WHERE TO BURY. 



The spot chosen for burying the winter 

 celery must be the COLDEST on the farm. 

 The North side of a hill, where the soil is 

 perfectly drained, is best. Whenever pos- 

 sible, the cultivator should manage to 

 give to his ground a slope of one foot in 

 four, the better to ensure perfect drain- 

 age, and to give an equal Northern ex- 

 posure to his buried crop. A reference to 

 fig. 4 will explain the appearance of the 

 hill side when so graded. Stretch a gar- 

 den line from North to South, and dig 

 the trench on the East side of it, two feet 

 deep and one foot wide, throwing the dirt 

 to the West side. This will raise the 



