~7B VEGETABLE GROWING. 



Among other methods of bleaching are those of 

 putting' tile around the plant, and of wrapping with 

 thick paper or covering with a paper tube, but all of 

 these have failed to meet the wants of celery growers. 



There are, then, two ways of bleaching celery : 

 First, by banking it with earth ; Second, by banking 

 it with boards. The former is preferable when celery 

 is grown on a large scale, and may be accomplished by 

 hand, by a one horse plow, or by a two horse plow. 

 The second method is preferable when celery is grown 

 for family use, when refuse boards can be used, and 

 "only a small portion of the crop is wanted from time 

 to time. Later in the season, or when celery has at- 

 tained its full growth, it takes nearly twice as long to 

 bleach it. Tnis should be borne in mind when it is 

 prepared to meet the wants of a certain time. 



THE NEW CELERY CULTURE. 



The process is not quite true to name. It could be 

 applied as well to the method of cultivating without 

 using trenches. In short, the new celery culture is 

 simply to cultivate celery with profit when the rows 

 are planted about six inches apart and the plants six 

 inches in the row. The main point in mind when this 

 system was suggested was to do away with the expense 

 of bleaching. Three points must be kept in mind to 

 succeed with this method : First, we must have a va- 

 riety that is self- bleach ing ; that is, we must have a 

 variety that makes enough shade to keep the stalks 

 bleached from the time that it is large enough for the 

 market ; Second, the soil must be rich enough to sup- 

 port and mature six or eight times the usual crop ; 

 Third, there must be moisture enough present to fulfil 

 the same conditions. 



In preparing for this method, we should remember 

 how much fertilizer there was used on six or eight 



