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agree that the finest-looking produce is got from the deep, dung-lincd 

 trench, into whiuh, through a hose, the industrious groover Can p-ur 

 Wack sewage from his drainage tank. I know it AVtlL be:'au-- I 

 have seen it all done, and v ^ " ^l::.t self-j.me grower receive his 

 prize afterwards. But I do . , . ;_'hj.:ically d-ny th^.t goc-d Celery 

 can only be grown in that v\-ay. I have iitver won a prize with 

 Celery (I could not very well, because I havc n-ver sh'i'wn it . but in 

 a soil much too dry to suit the p'.aot^ lu rurally I have grown stuff 

 that would, I think, be regar'icd a- .-at:-:a':t-My in respect to size, anc 

 as beyond all comparisC'U irom the dun---rL^v,-n -tuii a- to tiavour, 

 There is the true Kentish Fil':-rt taste about it— louc of yourcau-of- 

 season, mouldy Brazils. Ii you ^^t vour Celery along early (more 

 about this later) and, in the al^sence o: rains, can give a good soakin^ 

 occasionally, never fear but that credita'Ce C.l-ry can be produced 

 with nothing more elaborate than steamed l-jne liour and nitrate 

 of soda in ecjual parts, one handful to each yard C'f tr-nch. 



Cucximbers. — A little well -decayed manure may be mixed with 

 the compost for Cucumber^, but if -om^ o-jarse. rough, lumpy loam 

 can be got for those under gla^-. and -ulphrrce of potash at the rate 

 of one pint per bushel is thoroughly inceap'jrated with it by repeated 

 turnings, no fat, greasy mixture which can be concocted will grow 

 such crops. Cucumber soil should always be lumpy, never finely 



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