No amount of effort on the part of the grower 
will overcome the handicap of poor celery seed. 
Market Growers' Prices, Page 100. 
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. This 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 seed¬ 
lings 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 usu¬ 
ally set in 3 to 3V2 loot 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 os the 
plants are tall and as long 
as desired. Dig the plants 
with roots on and set them 
close together in the trench, 
watering the soil about the 
roots, but being careful to 
keep the tops dry. Should 
the plants begin to wilt, 
water the roots without wet¬ 
ting the stalks or leaves as 
this will cause rotting. Cover 
with boards to shade and 
keep temperature above freez¬ 
ing 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. 
Showing how celery is packed in the 
trench. 
No vegetable requires more 
careful handling in seed produc¬ 
tion than Celery. 
Our Celery seed repre¬ 
sents 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 ma¬ 
turity for the several varieties 
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 varieties about 
135 days. 
r*riQnll<arrrf groen 
t 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 ex¬ 
ceptional crispness a.nd flavor. 
rPkt., lOe) (oz.. 50c) (% 
lb., .$1.40) (lb., $5.00) (5 lbs., 
Crispheart. $20.40) prepaid. 
See page 100 for Special Prices to Market Growers. 
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