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of October is usually ready to be taken up for use 

 about the 1st of December ; that a couple of weeks later, 

 by 1st of January ; and the last (which we try always to 

 defer to the 15th or 20th of November), may be used dur- 

 ing the winter and until the 1st of April. For the first 

 lot no covering is required, but that for use during the 

 winter months must be gradually covered up until the 

 middle of December, or until the 1st of January, when 

 it will require at least a foot of covering of some light, 

 dry material hay, straw, or leaves the latter perhaps 

 the best. I have said the covering up should be gradual. 

 This is very important ; for if the full weight of cover- 

 ing is put on at once it prevents the passing off of the 

 heat generated by the closely packed mass of Celery, and 

 in consequence it to some extent "heats," and decay 

 takes place. Covered up in this manner, it can be got 

 out with ease during the coldest weather in winter, and 

 with perfect safety. These dates of operations, like all 

 others named throughout this work, arc for this latitude ; 

 the cultivator must use his judgment carefully in this 

 matter, to suit the section in which he is located. 



For market gardeners, and others who have large quan- 

 tities, this is the best method of storing ; but for smaller 

 growers, either for sale or for private use, quite a quan- 

 tity may be preserved in any cellar where there is no 

 furnace or other fire heat. When a few hundred roots 

 only are to be stored it can bo placed in narrow boxes, 

 say nine inches wide, four or six feet in length, and of a 

 deptli a little less than the height of the Celery. A few 

 inches of sand or soil is placed on the bottom of the 

 box, but none must be put between the stalks of the 

 Celery, and the Celery is packed in the box upright, 

 the roots being placed on the sand at the bottom ; 

 the Celery must be packed in as tight as possible, 

 but without braising. Boxes thus packed and stood 

 on the cool floor of the cellar, if put away in Govern- 



