. Celery for profit. Celery. [from old catalog]. 36 CELERY FOR PROFIT. on its availability. Frequent stirring of the soil aids the plants to get hold of their food. It gives life to soil and plant, and promotes thrift and luxuriance. The same cul- tivation and general treatment required for all other garden crops is needed. I think highly of the Planet Jr. horse- hoe. Use the narrow blades. Begin this operation a few- days after the plants are planted out. Go back and forth in each space, and quite close to the right-hand row each time, thus stirring the soil close up to the plants. Repeat oft
. Celery for profit. Celery. [from old catalog]. 36 CELERY FOR PROFIT. on its availability. Frequent stirring of the soil aids the plants to get hold of their food. It gives life to soil and plant, and promotes thrift and luxuriance. The same cul- tivation and general treatment required for all other garden crops is needed. I think highly of the Planet Jr. horse- hoe. Use the narrow blades. Begin this operation a few- days after the plants are planted out. Go back and forth in each space, and quite close to the right-hand row each time, thus stirring the soil close up to the plants. Repeat often ; it cannot well be overdone. In case a good market is available for them, a crop of radishes, or of cabbage or cauliflower plants may be grown Fig. 1^1^/''%'^ cn4lVV. APi>^>^^'. Celery After Handling. between the rows of celery. You can sow two or three rows of these vegetables in each space with the garden seed- drill, and cultivate with hand wheel-hoes. The radishes and cabbage plants, etc., will be off in time to make room for working the celery when that work is needed. Usuall}^, however, it will be found preferable to leave the spaces between the celery rows vacant, thus preventing all inter- ference with thorough and convenient work in cultivating the celery crop. The manipulation known as 'Miandling" formerly con- sumed much time and labor. It was usually performed by. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Greiner, Tuisco, 1846- [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, W. A. Burpce & co.
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