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Celery is commonly grown on bottom lands because it 

 then receives a sufBcient and constant supply of moisture. 

 Usually, also, such lands are very fertile. Celery of excel- 

 lent quality can be grown on uplands ; but ordinarily more 

 care is required in securing deep tillage and in conserving 

 moisture, and more expense is entailed in adding fertilizers. 

 Successful commercial celery growing on high lands is 

 usually possible only when much stable manure is added 

 and when irrigation is practiced; the overhead method of 

 irrigating is well adapted to the crop. Under those con- 

 ditions, however, the celery grown on high lands may be 

 fully as good as that raised in reclaimed marshes. Level 

 black-soil marsh or bottom lands, in which the water- 

 table does not fall below 2 or 3 feet in summer, are usually 

 chosen for commercial celery growing. In all celery grow- 

 ing, every effort must be made to conserve the moisture. 

 Furrow irrigation may be employed where rainfall is 

 deficient. 



For home use celery can be grown in any well- 

 tilled and rich garden soil. Home gardeners are often 

 specially successful with it in city and village lots. Under 

 such circumstances, particular attention can be given to 

 trenching or other deep preparation of the land and to . 

 consistent care from first to last. Well-rotted stable 

 manure may be used freely. 



Field management. 



Celery is grovm as a short-season crop; that is, it may 

 not occupy the land the whole growing season. The main 

 crop is sometimes planted as a .succession, early cabbages 

 or other spring crops having been grown on the land. In 



