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Blanching Celery 
f hav'e about 1,000 plants of tabic cel¬ 
ery which I would like to bank to blanch 
aud keep all Winter. How is it done? 
Glendale, N. Y ir. s. 
A satisfactory way to blanch celery is 
to use the trench method. With a spade 
dig a trench not more than 8 or 10 inches 
wide, and deep as the celery is tall. Loos¬ 
en the celery carefully with a fork, and 
lift it, being careful not to shake any dirt 
off the roots. Set it in the bottom of the 
trench as close together as possible, add¬ 
ing some top soil to cover the roots if 
necessary. Then line the sides of the 
trench with paper. Old newspapers will 
do, but building paper is better; then 
cover the row with straw or marsh hay. 
If the celery is short, it may be blanched 
in place by putting paper along the sides 
of the row and holding the paper in place 
by boards, and these by a bank of earth, 
covering all but the topmost leaves. This 
method will not keep celery as late as the 
trench method, but is quicker. In colder 
climates it is necessary to have much 
more elaborate storage houses. 
ir. F. BUTTON. 
Failure with Lettuce and Sweet Corn 
1. Why is it that my head lettuce will 
not head? The soil is light gravel. I put 
on in the Spring horse manure and some 
hen manure during Winter. 2. Sweet 
corn does not fill up as it should. Is it 
lack of fertilizer? e. b. l. 
Lebanon, Pa. 
1. As there is no information as to the 
variety planted, the kind of soil and cul¬ 
ture, nor the time of year, it is impossible 
to answer the question accurately. Let¬ 
tuce requires a highly enriched friable 
soil for best results, also good culture. 
No lettuce will head in poor ground, nor 
during midsummer; it is essentially a cool 
weather plant, and always gives best re¬ 
sults in the open ground from Spring-set 
plants. If the ground has been enriched 
by a heavy application of well-rotted 
manure well incorporated with the soil, 
plants set out during the month of May 
and forepart of June, and given good cul¬ 
tivation, should give good heads, provided 
head varieties such as May King, Big 
Boston, New York, Salamander or any 
other good head variety is planted. 
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2. Much sweet corn failed to fill out 
this year here in New Jersey; the cau.se 
was too much rain and cloudy weather. 
When thi.% occurs the ears are not well 
fertilized, which results in failure of the 
cobs being filled with corn, an they would 
be if bright warm weather prevailed dur¬ 
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Recall to your readers that the time is 
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days for who possibly can to set 
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Winter, many thousand gallons and 
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