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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. This seed must 
be planted very shallow, is slow to germinate and the bed 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 de- 
sired. Dig the plants with 
roots on and set them close 
together in the trench, wa- 
tering the soil about the 
roots, but being careful to 
keep the tops dry. Should 
the plants begin to _ wilt, 
water the roots without 

wetting the stalks or leaves fA ty Che tte 2 
as this will cause rotting. : Showing how celery is packed in 
Cover with boards to shade the trench 
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 reiiable seed. 

os 100 days. An early 
Crispheart 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 qual- 
ity and with fuller, longer hearts of 
creamy color and exceptional crisp- 
ness and flavor. 
(Pkt., 10¢) (0z., 30¢) (4 Ib., 90c) (Ib., 
$3.10) (5 Ibs., $13.50) prepaid 
*, (Introducers 
Golden Detroit soc.) 4 very 
uniform selection from the Dwarf 
Golden Self Blanching. Plant com- 
pact, full hearted, commonly 22 inches 
tall, edible stalks 7 inches long. 
(Pkt., 10c) (oz., 60c) (%4 Ib., $2.00) 
(ib., $6.75) (5 Ibs., $29.25) prepaid 

: 115 days. Early green 
Epicure celery about in season 
with Easy Blanching. Shows resist- 
ance to fusarium yellows. Height 
22-28 inches; foliage erect, compact; 
plants medium sized, cylindrical; edi- 
ble stem 8 to 10 inches to first joint, 
broad, thick, smooth, round. Inner 
: stems creamy white. Hearts full. 
Crispheart (Pkt., 10c) (oz. 45¢) (14 Ib., $1.25) 
(b., $4.60) (5 Ibs., $20.00) prepaid 
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20 D. V. Burrell Seed Growers Co., Rocky Ford, Colo. 



