CELERY. 



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in our dry climate the plants are far less affected by 

 drouglit, as the trenches retain all the moisture received. 

 Very good celery for common use may be raised by setting 

 the plants, when ready for final transplanting, between 

 the rows of Irish potatoes ; as these have been hilled up, a 

 trench already exists. This should be well dug, and 

 plenty of rotten stable manure applied. By the time the 

 celery begins to grow, the potatoes can be removed. As 

 the celery advances in growth, draw the earth up to the 

 stem, and continue this as long as it is in the ground. It 

 will be just as good for soups as if grown in regular 

 trenches, with not a tenth of the trouble, and in time gets 

 large enough to eat as salad. Celery grown in rich 

 ground is far more crisp and agreeable than on that less 

 highly manured. 



Celery, in this climate, need not be gathered or stored 

 away, but may remain in the ground until needed for use. 

 In taking up, the row should always be commenced at 

 one end, and the eartb dug away entirely down to the 

 root. The plants can thus be easily extracted. If forced 

 up, they break and are spoiled. 



To save Seed. — ^Leave some plants where grown ; in the 

 latter part of February, take them carefully, cut off 

 the outside leaves, and remove the side-shoots, and plant 

 them out in moist soil, one foot apart. Select those which 

 are solid and of middling size. Tie the seed-stalks to 

 stakes, to preserve them from being broken off by violent 

 winds. After the flowers open, while the seed is swelling, 

 if dry weather occurs, water at least every other night. 

 When the seed is dry, it may be rubbed out and stored in 

 a dry place. They will keep good four years. 



Use. — Celery has some little nutriment, but is cultivated 

 chiefl.y as a luxury. The sweet, crisp stalks, used raw, 

 with a little salt, form a most grateful salad. It is also 



