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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



F EBRUAEY, 1909 



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Potash means dollars in the grower's pocket. Perfection 

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 F. 0. B. Hackensack, N. J. Booklet I tells the whole tale. Pocket Diary and 

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MARK1H 



Raising Onions and Celery 



THINK of raising a crop of from 500 

 to 800 bushels of onions and from 

 1,000 to 1,200 dozen celery plants per acre 

 at an actual cost of $100 an acre for rais- 

 ing and marketing! This is being done 

 in a certain part of Canastota, N.Y. The 

 soil there is rich and black, from two to 

 six feet deep, and a few years ago was an 

 immense swamp. By being properly cleared 

 and drained it has become one of the most 

 productive sections in the state. 



The onions are grown from seed planted 

 in rows one foot apart. As the rows are so 

 close together, weeding must be done by 

 hand. When the onions are ready to be 

 harvested in August and September, they 

 are pulled from the ground and thrown into 

 windrows, where they cure in the sun for 

 from twenty to twenty-five days. They are 

 then topped and crated, and either stored 

 in sheds or shipped to the markets direct 

 from the field. 



The celery seed is sown in small beds, and 

 when the plants are large enough they are 

 set six inches apart in rows three and one- 

 half feet apart. The field is kept clear of 

 weeds by horse cultivation. When the 

 plants have attained some size they are 

 blanched by being almost buried in soil, 

 which is ridged up on either side of the row. 

 When harvesting, the plants are pulled up 

 whole. They are then taken to the washing 

 plant to be washed, the roots trimmed, the 

 plants bunched (one-half dozen to a bunch), 

 and crated for shipment. 



Washington, D. C. M. Earl Carr. 



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A field of celery being blanched. The soil is 

 ridged upon either side of the row until the plants 

 arc almost buried 



