CELERY. 85 



COVERING FOR WINTER. 



The beds being all filled prepare the 

 covering, which may be either rye, or 

 buckwheat, straw. If the former be used 

 it should be well broken up to prevent it 

 from lying smooth on the bed a most 

 important point. This covering may be 

 put on the bed which is to be first used, 

 when the ground has frozen three inches ; 

 on the second when frozen four inches ; 

 on the third when six inches; on the 

 fifth eight inches ; and on the last when 

 frozen twelve inches. The first bed is 

 frozen three inches only that it may be 

 ready for market in four weeks from the 



