CELERY 105 



Giant Pascal. — For the ordinary garden, Giant 

 Pascal constitutes perhaps the most satisfactory 

 late variety. It is of stocky growth and forms 

 large bunches of thick, brittle stalks, which keep 

 well till late into the winter. 



Method of Garden Culture 



For the beginner with small facilities for planting 

 early seeds, the celery plants which are for sale in 

 all seed stores during late June and early July 

 make the easiest and most practical start for the crop. 

 Celery seed is very small, delicate, and slow to ger- 

 minate. If the gardener wishes to grow his own 

 plants, however, the following directions will prob- 

 ably bring success if carefully followed. 



Celery from Seed. — In March, prepare a window 

 box with three inches of sifted, rich soil. This soil 

 must be light and full of thoroughly rotted dressing. 

 Earth which packs down when wet will not do. 

 Moisten this soil, after it is smooth and firm in the 

 box. Then make creases across the box three inches 

 apart, by pressing in a stick about as large as a pencil. 

 These grooves should be no deeper than half the 

 diameter of a pencil. 



Sow the seed thinly in these creases, five or six 

 seeds to the inch. Then sift over them just enough 

 of the lightest soil to cover them. This soil must be 

 kept moist, but do not use enough water at any one 

 time to wash the soil away. A good plan is to lay a 



