STORING CELERY IO7 



Storage in cellars will be found satisfactory pro- 

 vided the temperature can be kept low enough and 

 proper ventilation maintained. Place 3 or 4 inches of 

 loose soil upon the cellar floor and set the plants 

 upright, quite close together, with their roots firmly 

 bedded in the soil. The soil around the roots of the 

 celery should be well watered, care being taken that 

 the tops do not become wet. During the winter the 

 celery should be watered only as required to prevent 

 wilting and the water applied to the soil only. From 

 the time the celery is placed in storage the tempera- 

 ture should be kept low by free ventilation during 

 the night and closing the openings during the day. 



Trenching for Late Autumn Marketing. Where 

 it is desirable to hold a portion of the field crop of 

 celery for late autumn marketing, this may be ac- 

 complished by lifting the bunches, with a portion 

 of their roots attached, and placing them quite 

 close together in shallow trenches. The trench may 

 be prepared by hand or by a two-horse plow, turn- 

 ing out a double furrow, and either clean out or 

 break any lumps that may remain in the furrows. 

 As a rule the trenches are located in the field be- 

 tween the celery rows, a trench being provided for 

 each ten or twelve rows. By another method two 

 lines of twelve-inch boards are set on edge, 18 inches 

 apart, and held in place by stakes. In either case 

 the celery is brought from both sides and packed in 

 the trench, or enclosure made by the boards, and 

 the earth thrown well up around it. The boards 

 may be removed and used in another place, but it is 

 rather more desirable to have them remain until the 



