EARLY CELERY 115 



pecially if an uneven seeding has been given. 

 Where the plants are too thick, they should 

 be thinned. Sometimes it is well to wait 

 until the seedlings are a half inch in height 

 and then transplant to the thin spots in the 

 bed. Where the seed is sown in rows, thin- 

 ning is not advisable until they are at least 

 % to i inch in height. They may then be 

 transplanted to cold frames or merely 

 thinned out in the row. It seems best to 

 have from % to i inch space around each 

 seedling for its best development. It is im- 

 portant to give heat to these young celery 

 seedlings, as they require the same heat for 

 their most rapid growth as do tomato seed- 

 lings. 



When very early celery is desired, it is 

 wise to transplant from the greenhouse to a 

 cold frame, having the celery spaced in the 

 cold frame 3 inches between rows and 2 inch- 

 es between plants in the row. The soil in 

 the cold frame should be muck, the same as in 

 the other forcing house. When the plants in 

 the cold frame are 5 to 6 inches in height, 

 they should be removed with a large ball of 

 root and muck and placed in the outside 

 ground. They will then produce earlier cel- 

 ery than by using most other methods. 



