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which sometimes fall at the planting time in December. 

 Celery plants are twice transplanted before being finally 

 set out in the field. Carrots and all roots must be selected 

 and taken out to be transplanted, all which are defective 

 in shape and color being thrown out. 



The careful seed grower always makes careful selections 

 of everything he has growing, which he plants seperately 

 for his own stock seed. There will always be some roots 

 or plants that are rather better in being nearer the true 

 type and color than the others, and it is from among these 

 that the careful grower makes his selections. 



Climatic Advantages. In addition to the advantages of 

 the California climate in growing the plants, there are 

 other advantages in handling the crop. The long, dry 

 summers afford a fine opportunity to thoroughly dry the 

 seed and permit a large part of the harvest work to be 

 done in the field. It is not necessary to build great barns 

 and drying sheds as they do in the East, although the 

 large California growers provide themselves with large 

 cleaning houses and storage warehouses into which to take 

 the seed as soon as it is sacked and ready for shipment. 



The Future. It has taken all these years to learn how 

 to grow seeds and to have trained a number of men who 

 also know how, and what to do, so that in the future even 

 greater and more interesting developments may be ex- 

 pected in all branches of seed growing. One hardly knows 

 what the possibilities are, but the past has clearly shown 

 that our soil and climate will be great aids to future ac- 

 complishment, and in our wide range of natural conditions 

 it is reasonable to expect that many things not now under- 

 taken, may find a favorable environment, and reward the 

 intelligent and painstaking grower. 



