80 VEGETABLE GROWING. 



mated at 30 cents a dozen bunches, and allows for a 

 loss of about 25 per cent, of the plants set out. 



Celery sheds have not been tested sufficiently to be 

 recommended, but where this vegetable is raised on 

 the new plan, it will probably pay. They are con- 

 structed like a pineapple shed; posts are set 10 x 10 feet, 

 and stand nine feet above the ground. The tops of the 

 posts are connected by stringers running east and west. 

 On these stringers are placed four-inch battens about 

 four inches apart. This shed cuts off one-half of the 

 sun's rays, and diffuses the remainder so they will not 

 fall heavily on any one place. The battens running 

 north and south distribute the sunlight more evenly 

 than when they run the other way. 



IRRIGATION. 



In following the new celery culture, it is necessary 

 to resort to irrigation for the water supply. This 

 supply may be distributed in one of two ways either 

 by open ditches at short intervals, or by running tile 

 near the surface. 



When the water is distributed by open ditches, the 

 ditches are cut three to four feet apart. In watering, 

 these are allowed to flow full until the earth is thor- 

 oughly soaked, then it is turned into another set, and 

 thus continued until the whole area has been treated. 

 These ditches are shallow, only a few inches deep. On 

 a clayey soil, they are run nearly on the level, but on 

 sandy loam, there must be a considerable decline to 

 have the water reach the further end. 



Irrigating by the use of tile, or other more or less 

 solid pipe laid into the soil, is the better plan. This 

 is especially advisable when the water supply is lim- 

 ited, as less is lost by soaking away and from evapo- 

 rating. In this, as in the open ditches, we have a 



