CELERY 1463 
In growing early celery great care must be taken to keep the 
water level of the land down during the months of May and June 
so as not to force the roots of the celery to grow too near the top. 
On wet land the roots will be forced so near the surface that the 
fine rootlets will grow upward and out of the ground. It is 
impossible to keep a field of celery in good growing condition 
during the months of August and September, when the ground 
usually becomes hot and dry, if the water level was too high 
during May and June. Keep the land well drained and cultivate 
deep during wet weather, thereby forcing the celery roots deep 
down into the soil, and the crop will stand a long period of dry 
Fig, 448.— Late CELERY BANKED WITH EartaH For BLANCHING 
weather. But if roots are near the top during dry weather the 
crop is sure to be checked badly and may be entirely spoiled by 
the heart turning black. 
THE LATE CROPS 
The plants for the fall or late crops should be planted in the 
fields from June second to July tenth. If the land is dry when 
planting, wet it well before and after the plants are set. 
The late celery crop should be planted in rows three and one- 
half feet apart, plants five inches apart in rows. 
