. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. argely for winter use. Too much care cannot be exercised in purchasing celery seed. Thegrower should make certain that the stock is good, because many of thefailures of celery growers are attributable to poor seed. The best seed ofthe self-blanching varieties is gro\\Ti in France. For the early crop, seed should be sown in hotbeds or greenhousesafter the first of March. It is usually a mistake to sow earlier than thisdate, because the plants are likely to become crowded in the beds before VEGETABLES AND THEIR CULTURE 3
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. argely for winter use. Too much care cannot be exercised in purchasing celery seed. Thegrower should make certain that the stock is good, because many of thefailures of celery growers are attributable to poor seed. The best seed ofthe self-blanching varieties is gro\\Ti in France. For the early crop, seed should be sown in hotbeds or greenhousesafter the first of March. It is usually a mistake to sow earlier than thisdate, because the plants are likely to become crowded in the beds before VEGETABLES AND THEIR CULTURE 33 planting time in the field, a condition which may check their growth andcause them to produce seed shoots instead of marketable stock. On accountof the very small size of the seed, there is always likelihood of sowing toothickly. The plants should be thinned if that happens, and in a month orfive weeks transplanted one and one-half to two inches apart in flats or the latter a constant supply of moisture should be maintained until theplants are set in the Celery Under Irrigation, Skinner System. Seed for the late crop should Ijc sown in the spring as soon as the groundcan be prepared. When boards are to be used for blanching the early crop, it is customaryto allow about two feet of space between rows and to space the plants threeto five inches apart in the row. In most sections of the North, plantsshould not be set in the open ground before May 10th. The crop willstand considerable cold, but heavy frosts almost invariably check the growth 34 SUCCESSFUL FARMING and have a tendency to cause the production of seed stalks. The late cropshould have more space and it is not uncommon to allow four to five feetbetween rows, the distance depending upon the method to be used inblanching. The mulching system of celery culture makes the early crop much morecertain. The plan includes a mulch of three to five inches of fresh horsemanure placed between the rows immediately af
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