HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
CELERY— TRANSPLANTING AND SETTING OUT 
C ELERY is the one vegetable that may not be sown 
and left to grow in the original row, even if properly 
thinned out. It must be transplanted repeatedly, in order 
to develop the type of a root system most essential to pro- 
duce perfect stalks. 
About June ist, when the young plants have reached 
good size, they should be set in carefully prepared rows 
where the crop is to mature. Before planting them, 
cut back the tops to within three inches of base and prune 
the tap roots, leaving them only two or three inches long. 
Just what this will do is shown on page 265, showing 
the original seedling, the pruned plant, and the resulting 
plant ready for final transplanting. 
Plants are set either in single rows six to eight inches 
apart, allowing two to three feet of space between the 
rows as shown above. Or on very rich soil they are often 
planted in double rows, as shown on page 264, allowing 
ten to twelve inches between the two rows. 
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