150 MUCK CROPS 



Harvesting. If boards or paper are used 

 for blanching, they are removed when the 

 celery is properly blanched. If soil is used, 

 it should be plowed away from each side of 

 the row. Following the removal of the soil 

 or other blanching material, a U-shaped 

 steel cutter should be run under the plants, 

 severing the roots and leaving a stub from 

 % to i inch in length. The celery is then 

 taken from its position, the useless outside 

 stalks removed, and immediately the good 

 material is placed in crates. 



If to be marketed in the rough, the celery 

 crates are filled as tightly as possible at this 

 time, from five to nine dozen filling a stand- 

 ard crate. The sides of the crate are nailed 

 on and all is placed in the cars and shipped 

 away. If washed celery is to be sold, the 

 plants are taken to the washing shed, par- 

 ticular attention given to removing some of 

 the dirt from the outside of the stalks, and 

 in some cases the root is trimmed slightly. 

 The celery may be then replaced in the crates 

 and sent to market, or it may be bunched and 

 placed in some other receptacle. 



At Canastota, N. Y., the well known 

 Canastota basket, which is somewhat similar 

 to a market basket, is used for this purpose. 

 In grading and tying, there are several 



