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No amount of effort on the part of the grower 
will overcome the handicap of poor celery seed. 
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GROWING AND HARVESTING CELERY 
Celery requires an abundance of moisture at all stages of growth 
but will not endure flooding, for any length of time. Seed is sown 
from February to May in beds either drilled or broadcast. The seed 
must be planted very shallow, is slow to germinate and the beds must 
be kept wet. The beds may be covered with burlap sacks until the 
plants begin to come to the surface, when the sacks must be. removed 
at once. The seedlings will be ruined if the sacks are left on even 
one day too long. After the seedlings are well started, they may be 
transplanted or thinned out to give them room to make stocky plants. 
If broadcast, seedlings should be two or three inches each way or if in 
drills, one inch apart in six inch rows will give strong plants. Usually 
three months will be required for seed to produce a plant ready to 
transplant into the field. Celery plants are usually set in 3 to 3% 
foot rows, plants placed about 7 inches apart in the row. Frequent 
cultivation and irrigation is necessary; an abundance of fertilizer must 
be used unless the soil is exceptionally rich. 
As the plants approach maturity they must be blanched by hilling 
with earth or with boards or special blanching paper. Late celery 
should be trenched at 
the approach of freezing 
weather. The trench 
should be dug in well 
drained soil 12 to 15 
inches wide, as deep as 
the plants are tall and 
as long as desired. Dig 
the plants with roots on 
and set them close to¬ 
gether in the trench, 
watering the soil about 
the roots, but being care¬ 
ful to keep the tops dry. 
Should the plants begin 
to wilt, water the roots 
without wetting the 
stalks or leaves as this 
will cause rotting. Cover with boards to shade and keep temperature 
above freezing point when the weather gets cold by adding straw 
covered with soil as required. The stalks are gradually blanched and 
may be used during the winter. 
No vegetable requires more careful handling in seed production 
than Celery. Our Celery 
seed represents the most 
expert care to produce the 
most desirable and reliable 
seed. Florida planters will 
find our Florida Golden 
and Golden Plume well 
adapted to fall planting in 
their section. The time of 
maturity for the several 
varietes varies considerably 
in different sections, but 
under average conditions 
the early varieties are 
ready for use in about 110 
to 115 days after sowing 
of the seed, the later varie¬ 
ties about 135 days. 
CRISPHEART (New) 
An early green celery of high 
quality. Grows 25 to 29 inches 
tall with broad thick stems 8 to 
10 inches to the first branch. 
Same season as Easy Blanching, 
but superior in quality and with 
fuller, longer hearts of creamy 
color and exceptional crispness 
and flavor. 
(Pkt^ 10c) (o*., 60c) (V 4 
lb., $1.75) (lb., $6.00) (5 lbs., 
$26.40) prepaid. 
Showing how celery is packed in the 
trench. 
D. V. Burrell Seed Growers Co., Rocky Ford, Colo. 
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