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practice I find no trouble in having celery 

 as white and perfect in January as in 

 April ; whereas when if all my beds were 

 covered at the same time as the first, 

 that is when the frost had entered but 

 three inches, I should find in Spring that 

 the bed to be last used would have either 

 all run to seed or decayed. 



The covering of straw is to be two feet 

 thick, and increased as the weather grows 

 colder. If there should chance to be a 

 fall of snow that must be covered also, 

 to prevent its melting. By so covering it 

 a solid body of ice will be formed, and 

 the protection of your celery be increased. 



These Winter beds are often covered 

 with a layer of fresh horse manure, which 

 is a practice that can not be too strongly 

 condemned. For, as soon as a thaw sets 



