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arrangement is well suited to the robust, nonblanching types of 

 celery such as Giant Pascal. 



3. The new celery-culture method consists in setting the plants 

 singly in squares at intervals of 8 or 10 inches in each direction 

 over the whole area. A common plan is to lay off areas from 6 to 

 15 feet in width, leaving walks or paths between, and to set the 

 plants 8 or 10 inches apart each way. As soon as the plants begin 

 to shade the ground, a board frame 1 2 inches wide is placed around 

 each bed. The crowding of the plants soon causes the leafstalks 



FIG. 71. Transplanting celery to the field 



to grow tall, and the shading keeps them from growing green. 

 This method is economical of space and produces a grade of celery 

 not much, if any, inferior to that blanched by the use of boards. 



Although celery is grown on an extensive scale, the work of plant- 

 ing in the field must all be done by hand, as shown in figure 71. 

 The distance between the rows, and not the method of planting, 

 determines the number of plants required per acre. The close 

 interval between the plants in the row renders impossible the use 

 of horse-drawn transplanting machines. 



Cultivation. Whatever the method of planting, celery must be 

 given the best possible cultivation from the very start. When the 



