SALAD 
153 CROPS 
Celery is grown both as an early-season and 
as a late crop, depending upon the location of 
the plot. On the higher lands, it is either an 
early or a succession-crop, following early cab- 
bages, lettuce or other short-season crops. 
But on rich, bottom lands, it is a whole-season 
crop, as the land there is too wet to be worked 
early in the spring. Some growers raise two 
or three crops of celery in a season from one 
plot, the later or main crop being planted be- 
tween the rows of the early crop. As celery 
may be set out as late as the middle or last of 
July, even in the Northern States, the main 
crop does not interfere with the early crop, 
which may be set out as soon as the ground 
is ready. 
For two crops, the soil needs more attention 
than where only one is raised, because cultiva- 
tion and fertilizer must add and preserve the 
moisture which is natural to the lower levels. 
Celery needs potash and nitrogen, and these 
foods are supplied by unleached wood ashes and 
well-rotted stable manure. Coarse, new ma- 
nures must not be used, as they make the soil 
coarse and also cause weeds. Only old, fine, 
well-rotted manure will do for the celery bed. 
When tillage is given the growing plant, care 
must be taken not to disturb the roots. The 
