GROWING AND PRESERVING OF CELERY. l6l 



spade on each side of the row of Celery. After being so 

 banked up in October, it will be ready for use in three or 

 four weeks, if wanted at that time. But if, as in most 

 cases, it is needed for winter use only, and is to be put 

 away in trenches, or in the cellar, as will hereafter be 

 described, all that it requires is the operation of " hand- 

 ling." If the Celery is to be left in the open ground 

 where it was grown, then a heavy bank must be made on 

 each side of the rows, and as cold weather approaches, 

 (say in this latitude by the middle of November,) an 

 additional covering of a least a foot of leaves or litter 

 must be closely packed against the bank, to protect it 

 from frost; but it is not safe to leave it in the banks 

 where it grows, in any section of the country where the 

 temperature gets lower than 10 above zero. 



PRESERVING IN CELLARS. 



Perhaps the best way to keep Celery for family use is 

 in a cool cellar. This can be done by storing it in narrow 

 boxes, of a depth a little less than the height of the 

 Celery. A few inches of sand or soil are placed in the 

 bottom of the box, and the Celery is packed upright, the 

 roots being placed on the sand or soil at the bottom; but 

 no sand or soil must be put between the stafks of the Celery \ 

 all that is needed being the damp sand on the bottom of 

 the box; the meaning of which is, that before Celery will 

 blanch or whiten, it must first start at the root; hence 

 the necessity of placing the roots on an inch or so of 

 damp sand. 



Boxes thus packed and placed in a cool cellar in 

 November will be blanched fit for use during January, 

 February, and March; though for succession it will be 

 better to put it in the boxes, from the open ground, at 



