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about the roots to set them firmly and 

 encourage the putting forth of new roots. 

 The rest of the way up the stalk the soil 

 should be laid in loosely, and not pressed 

 tight against the celery. If some of the 

 heads are only a foot or eighteen inches 

 high they must be so mixed in and over- 

 lapped by the adjoining heads that they 

 will be protected from smothering when 

 the dirt is thrown in. When the trench 

 is all filled with celery, and the lower six 

 inches of soil are packed against the roots, 

 the rest of the dirt may be banked in on 

 the East side to within two inches of the 

 top of the plants, as on the other side. 

 Care must be taken in banking that none 

 of the stalks are bent out of the per- 

 pendicular. 



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