342 CORN AND 1<EANS, ETC. 



We will, therefore, close with celery, the 

 latest, and perhaps the most delicious vegetable 

 of the garden. 



Before the roth of August, it should all be 

 in the trenches, where it is to grow and blanch. 

 Some prefer to set out the plants on level 

 ground, in rows four or five feet apart, and 

 doubtless this is the most economical way of 

 raising it by the quantity, especially where the 

 dwarf varieties are used. I have practised 

 both methods with success. A very rich soil 

 is indispensable for this crop. In fall it is my 

 plan to draw the earth up around the plants 

 about once a week, so that the blanching 

 process will go forward with the growth. 



I much prefer storing my celery in the open 

 garden during the winter. It is very easily 

 and simply done. Selecting some gravelly 

 slope where there is thorough drainage, I have 

 a trench cut, a foot wide and about the depth 



