ON FARM GARDENING. 8 J 
The celery house or "coop" is a low frame structure, half 
under ground, generally 14 or 16 feet wide, and as long as 
may be desired. There is a door in one end and a window 
in the other. The sides, ends and roof are double and filled 
with sawdust. There are wooden chimneys or ventilators at 
intervals of 12 feet along the peak of the roof, and some- 
times there are glass windows in. the roof, provided with 
wooden shutters. The celery stands upon the floor, which is 
of loose soil. There is a narrow walk lengthwise in the 
middle of the building, and boards extending from the cen- 
tral walk to the side walls separate the packed celery into 
narrow sections. No earth is placed between the celery 
stalks as they stand. They are, in fact, rooted in the soil of 
the floor, and are thus able to make the slight growth de- 
manded for complete blanching. The various doors, win- 
dows and ventilators make it possible to keep the air fresh 
and wholesome, and during cold weather a stove may afford 
heat to the storage room. Artificial heat is not commonly 
required. 
Another method, cheaper and quite as satisfactory, espe- 
cially on farms or in market gardens, is to trench the celery 
in the open field. The situation of the trench must be a dry 
one, where there will be no standing water. The trench 
must be nearly or quite as deep as the height of the celery, 
with perpendicular sides, and a foot or less in width. The 
stalks are set upright in the trench, with all decayed or 
worthless leaves removed, as closely as they will stand, with- 
out soil between them. To keep them in that condition is 
purely a matter of care. If they are buried deeply and the 
weather proves warm they will rot. But if the covering be 
decreased in warm weather and increased in cold weather, 
the celery can be kept in perfect condition. In private gar- 
dens celery is often planted in double rows, a foot apart, and 
wintered where it grows by covering deeply with soil. 
