LATE CELERY 155 



to see the straight lines of ditches kept 

 scrupulously clean of trash and muck. 



The muck varies from 3 to 15 feet deep, 

 and a stratum of grey or white marl runs 

 throughout, in some places coming within 3 

 feet of the surface. The banks of the ditches 

 stand up well, almost perpendicular, and 

 while the soil is spongy, very little caving 

 is seen along the open ditches. 



On this farm 500 acres are planted to mint, 

 200 to onions, of which 20 acres are for pick- 

 ling, and 150 acres are in celery. The celery 

 area had been covered with barnyard manure 

 produced on the farm and spread with 

 manure spreaders, of which a number with 

 extra wide tires were in evidence in the 

 implement yards, as also were quite a num- 

 ber of wagons with 8-inch tires. On these 

 wagons the crops are hauled from the fields. 



All of the celery is of Golden Self-Blanch- 

 ing variety, set the first half of July, in rows 

 3^ to 4 feet apart and plants 3 inches apart 

 in the row. This is sold in car lots in late 

 September and quite a lot goes into storage 

 in the larger cities for the Thanksgiving 

 market. The California large square crate, 

 holding about six dozen, is used. The celery 

 is blanched with earth. 



