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Bleaching. It is simply to plant the celery one foot apart, 

 each ira[), nothing farther being required after planting, 

 except twice or thrice hoeing, to clear the crop of weeds 

 until it grows enough to cover the ground. No handling 

 or earthing up is required by this method, for, as the 

 plants struggle for light, they naturally assume an up- 

 right position, the leaves all assuming the perpendicular 

 instead of the horizontal, which is the condition essential 

 before being put in winter quarters. This method is not 

 quite so general with us as planting in rows, and it is 

 perhaps better adapted for private gardens than for mar- 



Fig. 118— Old Method of Growing Celery in Trenches. (This 

 is also used for winter storage. ) 



ket; as the plant is more excluded from the air, the root 

 hardly attains as much thickness as by the other plan. 



The manner of preserving it during the winter is 

 very simple, but as the knowledge of the process may 

 not be well understood generally by market gardeners, 

 I will endeavor to put it plain enough, so that my 

 readers " may go and do likewise." In this locality 

 we begin to dig up that which we intend for winter 

 use about the end of October, and continue the work 

 (always on dry days) until the 20th or 25th of Novem- 

 ber, which is as late as we dare risk it out for fear of 

 frost. Let it be understood that celery will stand quite 

 a sharp frost — say 10 or even 15°, while 20 or 25° will 



