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made riglit in llie dirt (»!' tlie cellar boUom. 

 by digging a shallow excavation, and pour- 

 ing in water. The roots of the celery are in 

 this shallow puddle, while the tops are held 

 close together and kept in the dark by the 

 box or tub. These plans answer very well, 

 providing your celery is soon to be used. If 

 left too long it is apt to rot. Sometimes it 

 will heat and spoil in a very short time, if 

 you get too great a quantity massed up tight 

 together, or if your cellar is very warm. 

 Suppose, however, you are raising it by the 

 acre, or in still larger quantities. In that 



sides lifiiiL; thoroughly diaiued, .should he, 

 if possible, protected from tlie prevailing 

 winds. The rows of celery are taken out of 

 the ground by plowing away the dirt with a 

 one-horse plow, until the roots can be easily 

 pulled by hand, without breaking or injur- 

 ing them. If once plowing is not enougli. 

 plowing several times will do it. If the soil 

 is \ery mellow, however, where the celery 

 grows, it can often be taken up almost as 

 quickly without any plowing. It will need 

 two men. or a man and boy. to take up the 

 roots rai)idly. The man should have a tile 



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case we adopt a plan similar to the one de- 

 scribed for putting away cal^lniges for win- 

 ter, only we are to remember that celery will 

 not stand as much frost. Select a piece of 

 dry, mellow ground. Thoroughly under- 

 drained ground is by far the best. Of boards 

 or plank, make a square inclosure large 

 enough to hold your whole product when 

 the roots are packed as close together as 

 they will stand. Throw out the earth from 

 the inside, and bank against the outside un- 

 til the tops of the celery will hardly reach to 

 the top edge of the boards or plank when 

 the roots are in the earth. The location, be- 



spade or a potato-fork — we prefer the latter. 

 By the aid of his foot he thrusts the fork 

 deep enough beside the ])lant to pry it loose, 

 roots and all. The boy then lifts the plant 

 and shakes of as much olT the dirt as will 

 come oft" easily. The plants are laid in two 

 rows, so as to be convenient for the team 

 and sled, before descriljed. When the sled 

 is close ])eside the place prepared to put the 

 plants, they are carried to the packer, who 

 sets them up against one side of the excava- 

 tion. To keep them from falling over, a 

 board is ])laced a fool or lifteen inches from 

 the side. This may be kept in place by 



