VEGETABLE GROWING 



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after careful tillage, the plants must still be blanched by 

 banking earth or leaning boards against the stems. 



If bjr careful preparation of the soil, by transplanting 

 the small plants to level ground or to the bottom of a fur- 

 row, by painstaking cultivation and banking, you succeed 

 in raising celerj', you will 

 often find the home- 

 grown product superior 

 to that purchased at the 

 market. 



Celerj^ is grown in im- 

 mense fields of reclaimed 

 muck or swamp land in 

 Michigan and California. 



Sweet Corn. — Like 

 other corn, this is a 

 warm season crop, de- 

 manding a great deal of 

 sunlight, moisture and 

 available plant food. 



Sweet corn, or sugar 

 corn, in common with 

 other vegetables grown 

 for their seeds, is never 

 transplanted. We 

 should remember, how- 

 ever, that some varie- 

 ties mature more quickly 

 than others and endure a 

 little more cold weather. 

 Our first planting, which 

 should not be made until 

 the soil is fairly warm, 

 varieties, such as the "Early Minnesota," the " Golden 



Fig. 149. — Lima beans. 



should be of the small-stalked 



