Transplanting Yoking Celery Plants 



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make the rows three feet apart if seed of dwarf varieties 

 is sown, or five feet if the large varieties are to be grown. 

 While transplanting is commonly practiced, it is not 

 necessary, as the finest plants are made withont this 

 very troublesome operation. A crop of bunch beans, 

 beets or onions may be grown between the three-foot 

 rows and early garden corn in the wide rows. 



After the plants appear above ground, frequent stir- 

 ing of the surface will prove 

 beneficial in retaining mois- 

 ture and keeping down weeds 

 and grass. This is sometimes 

 necessary before the seed 

 germinates and will facili- 

 tate germination by conserv- 

 ing the soil moisture. None 

 but stocky, vigorous plants 

 should be used. Spindling 

 plants seldom develop into 

 profitable growth. Before 

 transplanting, the tap-root 

 should be cut back, since, 

 it' left without the most skil- 

 ful handling, it is liable to 

 be bent back upon itself. If 

 it becomes necessary to trans- 

 plant when the soil is dry, 

 holes four inches deep should 

 be opened and a pint of water 

 poured in as the plant is in- 

 serted, and dry fine soil drawn >iy. 7. Celery 



