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Large White Solid Celery 



r. V^tinto trenches about four inches 

 "'"^^deep, nine wide, and two and a 

 -^ half feet apart, made very rich 

 by digging in rotten manure. 

 Plants should be from 6 to 8 

 inches apart. When planted out 

 during the hot months, the 

 trenches require to be shaded, 

 which is generally done by 

 spreading cotton cloth over 

 them ; lantauais will answer the 

 same purpose. Celery requires 

 plenty of moisture, and watering 

 with soapsuds, or liquid manure, 

 will benefit the plants a great 

 deal. AYhen tall enough it 

 should be earthed up to blanch 

 to make it fit for the table. 



I^arg^e White §olid is the 



variety mostly grown. Is white, 

 solid and crisp. 



Celeriac or X'tirnip-Root- 

 ccl Celery, is very jDopular in 

 some parts of Europe, but hardly 

 cultivated here. It should be 

 sown in the fall of the year, and 

 transplanted six inches apart, in 

 rows one foot apart. When the 

 roots have obtained a good size, 

 they are boiled, scraped oft", 



("eleriac, or Turuii)-I!o()K'<l Celery. 



