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from coming up well and they will not 
grow as thrifty, giving the weeds a better 
start over them and giving the flea a 
better chance to destroy them. 
The variety should be sown to suit the 
purpose of sowing. For pasture, a heavy 
top, under-ground variety would be best. 
The Egg turnip makes a splendid top for 
green manuring. For family use, I would 
recommend the Early Purple-top, Early 
Flat Dutch, and most especially the Pom- 
eranean White Globe as it will keep longer. 
These are quick growing kinds, very hand¬ 
some, tender and excellent. 
Celery. 
As early cr )ps of vegetables are removed, 
their place s in the garden may be profitably 
planted to celery. How to do this Charles 
E. Parnell tells in the Ladies’ Floral Cab¬ 
inet; 
“It appears to me to be very singular 
that so many persons consider celery to be 
one of the most difficult of garden vegeta¬ 
bles to cultivate successfully, when in 
reality it is one of the most easily grown, 
and any person can readily grow it to per¬ 
fection if he has any inclination to do so. 
Within the past few years the manner of 
cultivating celery has been very much sim¬ 
plified, thus placing it within the power of 
the amateur cultivator to raise all he de¬ 
sires for his own use; but as it is too late 
in the season for him to attempt to raise 
his own plants, I think it advisable to omit 
this part of the subject for the present, but 
I would here say that as the seedling plants 
are rather troublesome to raise, they can 
usually be obtained at any seed store much 
cheaper than one could raise them, if only 
a few hundred plants are required. But 
where they are wanted by the thousand or 
so it is preferable to raise them at home, 
the simple fact of their being on hand 
whenever wanted, being ample recompense 
for the time and care bestowed upon them. 
It is altogether useless to expect to obtain 
a good crop of tender, succulent celery 
unless it has a rapid and uninterrupted 
growth from the start, and to secure this 
not only should the ground be properly pre¬ 
pared, but the crop must be carefully 
cared for during its season of growth, and 
I cannot too strongly insist on this being 
done. 
The ground should be deeply and thor¬ 
oughly plowed, and repeatedly harrowed 
until it is as finely pulverized as possible,, 
and when this is done it can be marked out 
in rows from three to four feet apait, ac¬ 
cording to the variety grown, and the 
amount of ground one has at his disposal. 
The rows should be opened as deeply as 
possible by means of the plow T , and a good 
supply of well decayed stable manure thor¬ 
oughly and deeply intermixed with the 
69 il by means of the fork, and then leveled 
off as nicely as possible. All of this prep¬ 
aratory work should be performed before 
the 1st of July; so that the ground can 
be well settled before it is wanted for use, 
which is about the middle of July, although 
the plants can be planted at any time dur¬ 
ing the month. In planting, place the 
plants about six inches apart in the row, 
and see to it that the ground is well “firm¬ 
ed” around the roots. Planting is best done 
just previous to or after rain, although it 
can be done at any time, if not too hot or 
dry. In this case, however, the plants 
should be very carefully removed from the 
seed-bed, and the ground well pressed or 
‘•firmed” around their roots. This is very 
essential in plantings of all kinds, as it par¬ 
tially excludes the air until the new root¬ 
lets are formed. 
In removing the plants from the seed-bed 
let the ground be first thoroughly satur¬ 
ated with water, then with a small trowel 
raise the plants carefully, retaining as 
much of the earth and fibrous roots as pos¬ 
sible. Plants so treated can be safely re¬ 
moved at any time, but it is preferable to 
select damp or cloudy weather for the op¬ 
eration. Care should be taken not to set 
the plants too deep, for if the heart is cov¬ 
ered with soil, the growth will be mater¬ 
ially retarded. 
After the crop is planted, nothing fur¬ 
ther is to be done for some six or eight 
weeks, except to keep the plant well-culti¬ 
vated and free from weeds. 
U /%PTU thoroughly taught 
vnv« I rlAllUby mail or personally. 
■Situations procured all pupils when competent, 
“end for circular. W■ C ■ CHAFFEE* Oswego, N. Y. 
