82 CELERY. 



The next trench is to be made not 

 nearer than a foot from the first. The 

 ground is to be leveled, the line stretched, 

 and the trench made as before. The 

 foot-wide space between trenches is 

 needed to keep each row of celery cool. 

 In light soil, such as mine, the second 

 trench must be made only as fast as the 

 celery can be buried, else the bank will 

 cave in. I keep on in this way until I 



have six trenches of celery, and this bed I 



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make the planting for first use. 



Usually, the warmest place is chosen 

 for the celery pits instead of the coldest. 

 By this sad mistake I have lost thousands 

 of heads, for as soon as a thaw came, the 

 celery would start to grow, and ripening 

 before needed for use, decayed. It is 



