No amount of effort on the part of the grower 
Celery will overcome the handicap of poor celery seed 
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 /j{¢ 
| 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 ? 



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required for seed to 
| produce a plant ready 
| to transplant into the 
field. Here at Rocky WWF 
Ford seed is planted 
during March and trans- Showing how celery is packed in 
é the trench 
planted during June. 
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 
20 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 be- 
ing careful to keep the tops 
dry. Should the plant begin 
to wilt, water the roots with- 
out wetting the stalks or 
leaves as this will cause rot- 
ting. Cover with boards to 
shade and keep temperature 
above freezing point when the 
weather gets cold by adding 
straw covered with soil as re- 
quired. The stalks are gradu- 
ally blanched and may be used 
during the winter. 
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No vegetable requires more 
careful handling in seed pro- 
duction than Celery. 
Our Celery seed represents 
oS the most expert care to pyro- 
 . duce the most desirable and | 
reliable seed. | 

