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On the Cultivation of Celeriac, fyc. 



grow strong, and not allowed to run into leaves ; and they 

 should be thinned so as to stand at least one inch apart from 

 each other ; the seed bed must always be kept very moist. 

 The plants will be fit for transplanting about the middle of 

 May, or when they are four inches high ; and the roots, if 

 well managed, will be fit for use in the end of July. 



For a winter crop, the seeds must be sown in the latter end 

 of March, or beginning of April, in a bed of good, light, and 

 rich mould, or on a warm border. When the plants are about 

 an inch high, they must be thinned to one or two inches 

 apart ; and, as before directed, the seed bed must be kept 

 moist. In the beginning of June, or when the plants are 

 about four or five inches high, they are fit for transplanting ; 

 this is to be done on a flat bed four feet wide, drawing on it 

 with a hoe four lines twelve inches apart, and three or four 

 inches deep ; a small portion of the roots and some of the 

 top of the plants are to be cut off, and they are then to be 

 planted in the drilled lines, twelve inches distant from each 

 other. They must be well watered, and the watering must 

 be repeated every day if the weather continues dry ; and the 

 ground should be kept clear of weeds. 



When the plants are grown to half their size, or a little 

 larger, which, in the late crop, will be about the beginning 

 of August, a small quantity of the mould round the root of 

 each plant must be removed, taking care not to disturb or 

 expose the main root ; then cut off with a knife all the side 

 roots, as well as the coarse large outside leaves, close to the 

 plant, levelling the mould to each as this is performed, and 

 when the whole is completed, the bed must be sufficiently 

 watered. 



