112 CELEET. 



Cabbages, Onions, Beets, or Potatoes. The ground 

 is heavily manured in the Spring for these crops, 

 and, as soon as they are removed and marketed in 

 July, it is ploughed and put in order for Celeiy. 

 The surface is made iine and mellow by the harrow. 

 In case the soil turns up rough, owing to heavy rains 

 or continued dry weather, a light roller run over the 

 surface will facilitate the work and lessen the ex- 

 pense of crushing the lumps, leaving the ground 

 level and smooth, ready for planting. In the small 

 kitchen-garden, the same conditions of depth and 

 tilth must be brought about by the use of the dig- 

 ging-fork, spade, and hand-rake. If the ground in- 

 tended for Celery was not liberally manured in the 

 Spring, and doubts are entertained as to the fertil- 

 ity of the soil, it is well to add a heavy dressing of 

 well-rotted barn-yard manure, spread broadcast, and 

 plough or fork it under before planting. It is a 

 waste of time and money to attempt to grow Celery 

 on poor soil. 



The old-fashioned system of making deep trench- 

 es with the spade, in which to plant Celery, practised 

 so extensively twelve or iifteen years ago, has been 

 abandoned, of late, by the progressi\'e market-gar- 

 dener as a useless expense, without a single redeem- 

 ing feature. It has been found, by experience, that 

 Celery will do very much better jjlanted on the sur- 

 face of the same quality of soil, making much 

 quicker and larger growth, and thus saving all that 

 unnecessary labor and expense of digging trenches. 

 This was an important mo\e in the right direction, 

 increasing the products of the soil by a system which 



