HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
CELERY — CULTIVATION, SPRAYING, BLANCHING 
\ Ji /WHATEVER phase of cultivating is being done — • 
* ’ transplanting, hoeing, hilling — the gardener should 
be sure that no soil gets in between the stalks or in the 
heart of the plant. Watch this particularly while setting 
out the plants and while hilling. 
Frequent hoeing and regular watering will keep the 
crop in thriving condition without much further care. 
Hot, dry weather will sometimes cause blight, which 
will destroy the foliage and cause the stalks to rot. Re- 
peated spraying with Bordeaux Mixture will do much to 
ward off or check the disease and will not injure the prod- 
uct since the stains are easily washed off. 
Of the various methods of blanching, the drawing up of 
loose soil around the carefully gathered stalks is still most 
popular because the least expensive and most satisfactory 
in improving quality. However, the use of large drain- 
tile, as shown on page 2 66, or blanchers of heavy, pre- 
pared paper reduce the work of blanching considerably. 
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