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ing, and in dry weather till they take root ; 

 continue thus planting out a portion once a 

 fortnight, or three weeks, or at leaft every 

 month in June, July, Auguft, and Septem- 

 ber. 



According as the plants in the trenches 

 advance in height, ten, twelve, to fifteen 

 inches, they (hould be earthed up to blanch ; 

 performing the fi/ft earthing with an hoe, 

 drawing in the earth to both fides of the 

 plants three, four, to five or fix inches, re- 

 peating the landing up once a wetk, or fort- 

 night, generally with a fpade when the plants 

 are more advanced j breaking the earth fmall, 

 and earth them up at different times, till 

 landed fifteen to eighteen inches, or two feet, 

 to whiten them of fome confiderable length ; 

 continuing the earthing up in the different 

 crops, till Oftober, November, or December, 

 at which time earth them up near the tops, 

 both to blanch them a good length, and to 

 proted them more effef^uafly from froll ; and 

 thus the plants of the different tranfplantings 

 will be fully blanched to dig up for ufe, as 

 wanted, from July, or Auguft, to Septem- 

 ber, Oclober, and oil Winter. 



But for Spring celery, to Hand late in that 

 ieafbn without running, it is proper to fow a 

 fmall crop in May and J tine, the young 

 plants pricked in beds, in rows, i\x 

 inches by three diftance, to remain till Sep- 

 tember, October, &c. then tranfplanted in^o 

 moderate trenches, and earthed a little in 

 Winter ; and as rhey advance in grow^th in" 

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