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phnts out of the Seed-Beds, to 

 thin them where they grow too 

 thick, leaving the fmall Plants to 

 get more Strength before they arc 

 tran {"planted, by which Means one 

 and the lame Seed-Bed will afford 

 three different Plantings, which wiJl 

 accordingly fuccecd each other for 

 Ufe. 



You muH: obfervc, if the Seafon 

 proves dry, to keep it diligently 

 "water'd after 'tis tranfplanted, as 

 alfb to clear the Seed-Beds from 

 Weeds i and after every drawing, 

 keep them duly water'd, to encou- 

 rage the fmall Plants left therein. 



The Middle of fune Ibme of the 

 Plants of the firft fowing will be 

 lit to tranfplant for Blanching ■■> 

 which, if poiTible, fnould be put 

 into-a-aioiffc, rich, light Soil, upon 

 which this firfl: planted Celeri will 

 often grow to be twenty Inches 

 long in the clean blanch'd Parts, 

 which upon a poor or dry Soil 

 fcldom riles to be ten Inches. 



The Manner of traniplanting it 

 is as lollovvsj After having clear 'd 

 the Ground of Weeds, you muil: 

 dig a Trench by a Line about ten 

 Inches wide, and eight or nine 

 Inches deep, loofening the Earth 

 in the Bottom, and laying it level, 

 and the Earth that comes out of 

 the Trench fliould be equally laid 

 on each fide the Trench, to be 

 ready to draw in again to earth 

 the Celeri as it advances in Height : 

 Thefe Trenches Ihould be made at 

 three Feet Diftance from each 

 other; then plant your Plants in 

 the Middle of the Trench, at about 

 fix Inches Diftance, in one ilvait 

 Row, having cut off the Tops of 

 the long Leaves, as alfo trim'd their 

 Roots, obferving to clofe the Earth 

 well to their Roots, and to water 

 them plentifully until they have 

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it will be needlefs, except in dry 

 Soils, or very dry Seafons : As thele 

 Plants advance in Height, fo you 

 mull obferve to draw the Earth 

 on each Side clofe to them, being 

 car;!ful not to bury their Hearts, 

 nor ever to do it but in dry- 

 Weather, otheryviie the Plants will 

 rot. 



When your Plants have advanc'd 

 a confiderable Height above the 

 Trenches, and all the Earth which 

 was laid on the Sides thereof, hath 

 been employ'd in earthing them up j 

 you muft then make ufe of a Spade 

 to dig up the Earth between the 

 Trenches, which mud alfb be made 

 ufe of for the fame Purpofe, con- 

 tinuing from time to time to earth 

 it up, until it is fit for Ufe. 



The firft of your planting out 

 will, perhaps, be fit for Ufe toward 

 the End of J/dy, and'fo this will 

 be fucceedcd by the after Planta- 

 tions, and, if rightly manag'd, will 

 continue till April following; but 

 you Ihould obferve, after theiccond 

 or third planting out, to plant the 

 After-crop in a drier Soil, to pre- 

 vent its being rotted with too 

 much Wet ni Winter; and alfo if 

 the Weather fliould prove extreme 

 Iharp, you will do well to cover 

 your Ridges of Celeri with ibme 

 Peafe Haulm, or Ibme fuch light 

 Covering, which will admit the 

 Air to the Plants ,• for if they are 

 cover 'd too clofe, they will be very 

 fubjedt to rot; by this Means you 

 may prelerve your Celeri in Seafon 

 a long time ; but you mull: remem- 

 ber to rake off the Covering when- 

 ever the Weather will permit, 

 other Vvnfe it will be apt to caufe 

 the Celeri to pipe and run to Seed : 

 The Celeri, when fully blanch'd, 

 will not continue good about three 

 Weeks or a Month before it will 

 rot or pipe , therefore, in order to 



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