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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 Earth 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. 



