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celery m the field; for this we use a plow from which 

 the mould-board is removed, leaving only the point and 

 the land-side. By running this plow on the side of the 

 row, with the point below the roots, the soil is made so 

 loose that the plants can be pulled with great ease and 

 rapidity. We drive a stone-boat along the side of the 

 row, and place the plants upon this, and take them to 

 the trench where they are to be placed for the winter. 

 The stalks and leaves are straightened out, and the plants 

 are placed as thickly as they will stand in the trench, 

 and it will not in the least hurt the celery if there is a 

 little fine earth put between each layer of plants. I place 

 a strip of corn stalks or straight straw lengthwise along 

 the sides of the trench and draw the soil up to it. We 

 then plow two or three furrows on each side of the 

 trench, if necessary going round and round the trench 

 two or three times, until the soil on each side is broken 

 up very loose and fine to the depth of eighteen or twenty 

 inches, and three or four feet wide. Such a loose mellow 

 soil will stand the severest zero weather with little or no 

 freezing. And if a few leaves are plowed into the soil or 

 placed on top of the trench, there is no danger that the 

 celery will be injured by the frost. If the work is well 

 done, there will be little danger of the rain getting into 

 the trench; but to avoid all risk, we sometimes place a 

 board lengthwise of the trench, on top of the celery, and 

 cover it with leaves or straw, with three or four inches of 

 straw on top. The plowing round and round the trench 

 several times, until the ground is made very mellow and 

 deep, I regard as very essential, for it enables you to get 

 out the celery at any time when it is wanted during the 

 winter. 



Another plan for preserving celery for winter use, is 

 to put it in a box in the cellar with layers of earth between 

 the plants, placing the celery in the box upright in the 

 same way we recommended placing it in the trench out 



