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tained by transplanting from the seed-bed to give the plants several 

 inches apart each way. This makes them stocky and develops a 

 fibrous root system which will give quicker and better results than 

 if they are set out in the garden. In transplanting water thoroughly 

 and shade from the midday sun for a few days. Be careful not to 

 get any soil over the hearts of the plants. Give clean culture and 

 one or two top dressings of nitrate of soda as the plants develop, and 



Young Celery plants. The one on 



the left has been properly thinned 



when a seedling; the other has been 



crowded and is weak 



Celery plant when large, blanchep 

 by means of a brown paper "collar' 



throw enough soil up to them to hold the stalks upright. Blanching 

 is accomplished by taking up the plants with such soil as adheres to 

 the roots, and packing them close together and upright in a trench 

 12 to 15 in. wide, and deep enough so that the tops of the leaves 

 come about on the level of the soil. As cold, freezing weather 

 approaches, the trench is covered with a mulch or with boards; a 

 portion o the crop left for Winter use is transferred to boxes and 

 stored in the cellar as described in the section on Harvesting. 

 Oelery crop should never be worked or handled while the foliage 

 is wet as this will tend to augment any disease there may be. 

 SWISS CHABD. Swiss Chard, or Spinach Beet, is now used by many 

 gardeners in preference to Spinach. One great advantage is that 

 from a single planting in the Spring greens are available in abundance 

 until hard freezing weather. If the outside leaves only are taken in 

 gathering a picking may be made every few days, or the large, mid- 



