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when large sorts are used the width between the rows 

 must be at least four and a half or five feet, which entails 

 much more labor and loss of ground. For the past eight 

 years I have grown none but the dwarf varieties, and have 

 saved, in consequence, at least one-half in labor, and one- 

 third in ground, while the average price per root in mar- 

 ket has been always equal and occasionally higher than 

 for the tall growing sorts. 



Some authorities recommend the use of 12-inch plank 

 in bleaching celery, one placed on each side of the row, 

 leaning against pegs, and with a few inches of earth 

 thrown up against the plank to hold it in position. It is 

 claimed that with this method enough of the light is 

 excluded from the stems of the plants to cause them to 

 bleach. 



The preparation of the soil and planting of celery for 

 winter use is the same in all respects, except that, what is 

 intended for winter need never be " banked up " with the 

 spade. It merely requires to be put through the handling- 

 process, to put it in a compact and upright position pre- 

 paratory to being stowed away in winter quarters. This 

 should not be done before the middle of September, or 

 just long enough before the celery is dug up, to keep it 

 in the upright position. 



We have, however, another method called the " new 

 celery culture,"* which we have found to answer very 

 well for the late crop, and it is one by which more roots 

 can be grown on the same space and with less labor than 

 by any other. The best results will be secured by culti- 

 vating a self-bleaching variety, like the Golden Self- 



* It is of interest to note that in 1892 some writers on horticulture 

 published an account of this method, and claimed the honor of the 

 discovery, calling it the " new celery culture," when, as a matter of 

 fact, this method was in use in 1868, at the time the second edition of this 

 book was issued. 



