CELERY. 



Celery is a luxury that few would like to dispense with, and fortunately there is no necessity 

 for such a sacrifice, as every one who has control of a few feet of ground, with a little skill and 

 industry, can grow a winter's supply. To obtain good Celery, it is necessary that 

 the plants should be strong and well grown. Sow the seeds in a hot-bed or cold 

 . frame. When the plants are about three inches in height, transplant to a nicely 

 prepared bed in the border, setting them about four or five inches apart. When 

 some eight inches high, and good stocky plants, set them in the trenches about 



the middle of July is early enough. Too 

 many make trenches by digging out the top 

 soil, and only putting a few inches of mold at 

 the bottom, and never obtain good Celery. 

 The trenches should contain at least eighteen 

 inches of good soil and well rotted manure, 

 in about equal portions. Take off all suckers 

 and straggling leaves at the time of trans- 

 planting. Earth up a little during the sum- 

 mer, keeping the leaf stalks close together, 

 so that the soil cannot get between them; 

 and during September and October earth up 

 well for blanching. Those who grow Celery 

 for market extensively do not use trenches, 

 but make the soil deep and rich, and plant 

 in rows, earthing up with the plow. The time 

 to take up Celery is just before hard frost. 

 Dig a trench about the width of a spade and 

 a few inches deeper than the height of the Celery. The place selected must be high ground, 

 where no water will be at the bottom, and where surface 

 water will not drain into the trench. Take up the Celery 

 with any dirt that may happen to adhere to the roots. Set 

 the stalks close together, and close to the sides of the trench, 

 but do not press them in. After the trench is filled, place 

 pieces of board or scantling across it at intervals of five or 

 six feet, one of these pieces being shown in the engraving. 

 On these place boards, five or six feet long, covering the 



entire trench. Then 

 cover the boards with a 

 JT good body of straw or 

 leaves, with boards or 

 earth on top to keep it 

 from blowing away. The 

 work is then completed. 

 When Celery is needed, 

 take up a length of 

 short boards, and remove 

 enough Celery to the cel- 

 lar to last a few days, 

 and place it in the cool- 

 est part, covered with 



earth. Replace the boards and covering as before. The dwarf Celeries are generally the 

 most solid, sweetest, and really the most profitable. The pink sorts are very pretty as a table 

 ornament, and as good as the white, though there seems to be a foolish prejudice against the 

 colored varieties in this country. The engravings show the general appearance of a well 

 grown Celery stalk, also of a variety called Boston Market, of a straggling habit. We also 

 show the Turnip-rooted Celery, the bulbous root only being eatable. 



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