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they get abundance of water, and perhaps 
shear off the tops, which latter we do with 
a common sickle, but it takes a skillful 
steady arm to do it right. 
After our early crops of radishes, lettuce, 
beets and cabbage have been cleared off, 
(pure bone-dust having been used for them 
at the rate of 3000 lbs. per acre,) the ground 
is covered three to four inches deep with 
street sweepings, and plowed in. Lines 
are made with a marker 2 ft. apart and the 
plants are set 5 to 6 inches apart in the row. 
We have an unlimited supply of water, and 
have it arranged so that it can be turned in 
between every row of celery, and flow the 
entire length of the garden, which is 180 
feet, with about ten inches fall in 100 ft. 
As soon as the ground is diy enough, af¬ 
ter flooding, it is well hoed with a prong 
hoe, and the water started in again. This 
is continued until fall. No banking: up is 
done except merely enough to keep the 
celery in an upright position. About the 
25th of Oct., for this section, we may look 
for hard f rosts. We now take up f of the 
celery—allowing every third row to stand 
and be banked up to the top with soil. 
The portion dug up is stored in a shed 
built for that purpose, Which is simply a 
wooden walled cellar mostly above ground. 
The sketch sent herewith will make plain 
the construction. The frame-work is oak; 
the covering pine. On the approach of 
cold weather it is further covered with 
straw, long manure, leaves &c Such a shed 
is quickly taken down after the celery is 
sold, and if carefully piled up will last at 
least 20 seasons. 
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Studding, 2 x 8 x 2 ft. Rafters, 1 x 4 x Ridge¬ 
pole, 2x4. Boards for roof. 12 in. wide, 9 ft. long. 
Ventilators, 12 in. square and put every 12 or 15 ft. 
For partitions,—Cleats at a a a oak or hemlock 20 
in. long % in. square. Slats 4 to 6 in. wide, ^>in. thick, 
10 ft. long. 
In storing the celery, it is placed upright, 
as practiced when storing in trenches, in 
sections about 15 inches wide, and extend¬ 
ing across the shed, thus having a section 
16 ft. long and about 15 inches wide. We 
begin at the end from which we wish to 
use first. For separating the sections, we 
use a slatted partition, as being cheaper 
and better than a wide board. No soil or 
other material is put between the bunches 
of celery, but a little soil is put over the 
roots, merely enough to cover them, and 
the roots well watered when put in. but not 
the tops. Great care is taken that the tops 
are kept from getting wet, they will de¬ 
cay. But as great care should be taken, if 
a long dry fall, that the roots do not dry 
out. Every expedient is used to have a 
good circulation of air through the shed 
and yet not too much light, nor too much 
risk from freezing if the weather should 
take a sudden change. In from four to 
six weeks, that first put in will be ready 
for use. 
This storing in a shed is original with us; 
though we have heard the past summer 
that growers in Michigan have been using 
the same method. 
On account of the difficulty of getting 
at our celery in very severe weather, we 
were forced to devise some method that 
would enable us to command the market. 
On no account must the celery be dis¬ 
turbed until sold or wanted for use, for. 
in a couple of days after putting in, new 
roots strike out and draw sufficiently from 
the soil to keep the celery in good condi¬ 
tion; and if these are disturbed they will 
not again take hold and the celery wilts 
and decays. 
In our experience we have reached several 
conclusions that may aid others. We be¬ 
lieve it a mistake to attempt to grow celery 
successfully in inland districts without ir¬ 
rigation, except favored with a rainy sea¬ 
son. 
We have never been able to get plants as 
uniform and vigorous by any other way 
than that described, though we know of 
cheaper methods involving much less care 
and labor. We always grow more than we 
expect to use, and our sales of plants more 
than pays for the growing of our own. 
