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we got was spruce. We split the boards to nail little half-inch 

 strips at each end. 



A Member. You have more trouble with hemlock than you 

 would with spruce on splitting? 



Mr. Garrahan. Yes, but the grade of hemlock we have 

 been getting has been very good, and that's why last year we 

 bought spruce; we can't get that same grade of straight hem- 

 lock. 



A Member. How wide are the boards? 



Mr. Garrahan. About a foot wide. 



A Member. Do they keep from one year to another? 



Mr. Garrahan. We have those that we've been using for 

 twenty years. 



A Member. Tell us how you put that celery in the 

 trench, how many rows and just how you place it — the late 

 celery. 



Mr. Garrah.^n. The trenches are not over a foot wide; the 

 narrower your trench the better your celery keeps. 



A Member. Do you stand it up? 



Mr, Garrahan. Yes, stand it up straight; shake off all dirt 

 from the roots. We judge a good deal how tight to have it by 

 grabbing the top by the hands, and if you go to pull up some 

 of that celery and it is in so tight that the leaves break off, it 

 is too tight. You want it so you can pull it out if you had to. 

 It is pretty hard to say how tight to put it. 



A Member. In regard to your tomato plants, how do you 

 set the Earlianas and Chalk Jewel? I believe you said you 

 put them about 4 inches apart each way in the flat, and cut 

 them out with a knife a week ahead of the time you were going 

 to use them so that you would increase the root growth. If the 

 plants were just in bud or in blossom or with fruit on how high 

 do those plants stand? Do you nip out the center so as to get 

 the branches started? 



Mr. Garrahan. They are planted 4 by 5 feet. 



A Member. And the Chalk Jewel that you grow, are they 

 of the same stocky nature? 



Mr. Garrahan. Yes, they are. 



A Member. How far apart do you put those? 



