Celery 



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rot, only healthy sound plants should be stored^ and the 

 handling should be so thoughtful that the plants are not 

 broken or bruised. The plants are often stored and 

 blanched by removing them to deep spent hotbeds, which 

 are well covered in 

 winter. 



In the home 

 garden celery is 

 sometimes stored 

 in trenches in 

 the open, after 

 the method sug- 

 gested in Fig. 63 

 (adapted from E. 

 W. De Baun, N". J. 

 Extension Bulle- 

 tin, 1917). A roof 

 is placed lengtli- 

 wise the line of 

 plants, and it may 

 be covered with 

 straw or other 

 material as the 

 winter closes in. 



Care must be taken not to cover the tops too soon or 

 too tight, as the plants quickly spoil if kept warm and 

 close. This method is successful only on well-drained 

 land. 



The old method of celery culture grew the crop in a 

 trench; in such case the blanching largely took care of 

 itself and the covering of the row for winter was an opera- 



Home storing of celery. 



