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cultivates flat into August, then banks at the rate of fiye 

 thousand per man per single day's work, and once again 

 early in September, then covers it from frost in the row 

 or removes it to the trench or other storing place. 

 This work must be well done, even if it is rapidly done, 

 but practice makes light fingers. Boys must be watched, 

 or, better, not employed ; as the strength of a mature 

 hand is needed. After the first banking, and new stalks 

 start, one will soon learn to have a few rows ripe and 

 ready for market or home use every day, until cold 

 weather requires the removal of the plants to the stor- 

 ing place. 



Storing trenches should only be dug in dry soil, 

 well underdrained, or where water does not stand. 

 These trenches are made the width of a spade, and as 

 deep as the celery is high. Just before frost the celery 

 is dug up and packed in an upright position in these 

 trenches. No covering is put on until cold weather sets 

 in. It will stand light frosts. Finally the trench is 

 covered with hay, or other litter, the earth rounded up 

 along and over the trench. In the latitude of Philadel- 

 phia celery is stored away in this way, beginning the 

 last of October, and finishing by November 15th. The 

 first in, is first blanched ; the last keeps till February 

 and March. A covering of boards over the litter will 

 keep the rain off, and is to be recommended. The win- 

 ter storage of celery is a matter of the deepest import- 

 ance, as, if not properly done, all previous efforts go for 

 nothing. The novice will do best by trying several 

 systems, and subsequently adhering to that which proves 

 the best in his climate. 



Celery can be stored by burying in the row where it 

 grew, by removing to trenches, to boxes in the cellar, or 

 to a temporary pit specially prepared for large quanti- 

 ties. The first method is often practiced with double 

 rows in muck ground, and during warm winters has 



