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On the Cultimtion x)f Celery. 
upon the comj)ost. After the plants are placed, they are made firm in 
their places, by earthing them up with equal j)i’o]>ortions bf soil and 
manure. 
The method of planting the Celery as high as directed, is vefy far 
preferable to the j)lan in general use, vi/., of digging out a deep trench, 
and then after laying in manure, to dig it in with the sub-Soil of the 
trench,—-such soil in general being poor and cankery, and very unfit 
for the growth of anything. But not only have the I’oots, in the 
method I practise, the advantage of extending through the prepared 
compost in the trenches, but of proceeding forward into the fertile 
soil of the surface of the sfarden. 
The Celery is earthed up very frequently, doing a little at each 
time. The leaves of the plants are folded together, and soil drawn 
by the hand round each plant, to prevent it getting to the hearts, 
which if allowed to do, would prevent the leaves in the centre growing 
straight and free. 
At the final earthing, the soil is brought to a point at the top of the 
ridge, and beat closely together, in order to shoot off wet as much as 
possible. This is more particularly requisite with crops to stand 
the winter, in order to prevent the plants from rotting. 
When Celery of the largest size is desired, I find that to take 
ground-bones, bone-dust, or horn-shavings, and boil them, and pour 
the water to the roots of the plants, increases the size very much. 
In order to get the water to the roots, holes are made along the sides 
of the ridges with a pointed stake, at a foot apart. Water from the 
drainings of a dunghill applied in the same manner, also materially 
assists the growth of Celery. 
If the water, either from the bones or manure, is applied by pour¬ 
ing it down the stems of the plants, it often injures the foliage and 
checks its growth. 
The sort of Celery I find the best both for size and flavour, is 
Bailey's Solid Red Gigantic; next, the Large Solid Red. 
The distance at which the Celery is planted apart, and the trouble 
in preparing and planting the plants, is far more than compensated 
by the increased size of the heads; and the weight of useable Celery 
in the mode I practise, is much greater upon the same extent of 
ground than can be produced in the customary manner. 
.Tosefmt Harrison. 
