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bed as soon as large enough to develop root system, 

 before setting in the permanent position. 



When setting in late June or July, be sure to put 

 the plants in up to the hearts, not over, and set 

 firmly. Give level clean culture until about August 

 15th, when, with the hoe, wheel hoe or cultivator, 

 earth should be drawn up along the rows, followed 

 by "handling." The plants for early use are 

 trenched (see Chapter XIV), but that left for late 

 use must be banked up, which is done by making 

 the hills higher still, by the use of the spade (or 

 see illustration facing p. 107). For further 

 treatment see Chapter XIV. 



Care must be taken not to perform any work in 

 the celery patch while the plants are wet. 



Corn salad or Fetticus: — This salad plant is not 

 largely grown. It is planted about the middle of 

 April and given the same treatment as spinach. 



Chicory: — This also is little grown. The Wit- 

 loof, a kind now being used, is however much more 

 desirable. Sow in drills, thin to five or six inches, 

 and in August or September, earth up, as with early 

 celery, to blanch the stalks, which are used for 

 salads, or boiled. Cut-back roots, planted in boxes 

 of sand placed in a moderately warm dark place and 

 watered, send up a growth of tender leaves, making 

 a fine salad. 



Chervil: — Curled chervil is grown the same as 



