. Moore and Simon's seed buyers guide and wholesale price list : market gardeners, florists and other large buyers. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. P'OOOOOOOOOOK THE WORLD'S BEST CELERIES Can be had only from MOORE & SIMON It will pay you to always get the best. 6 o \f>r^\/ CltWllVf^ Celery can be successfully grown with but little labor, in any good garden V^CICI y V^UIIUI C soil, by using plenty ofwell-rotted manure with a liberal sprinkling of coarse salt worked into it, and this mi
. Moore and Simon's seed buyers guide and wholesale price list : market gardeners, florists and other large buyers. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. P'OOOOOOOOOOK THE WORLD'S BEST CELERIES Can be had only from MOORE & SIMON It will pay you to always get the best. 6 o \f>r^\/ CltWllVf^ Celery can be successfully grown with but little labor, in any good garden V^CICI y V^UIIUI C soil, by using plenty ofwell-rotted manure with a liberal sprinkling of coarse salt worked into it, and this mixture should be put into the trenches, working it well into the soil. riPAWinn â frhP' Dfi^nt^ Sow in the open ground as soon as it is fit to work in April. Sow VjI IJWBiiy IIIC Kiailld* in rows, so that it can be kept free from weeds. Prepare the soil well and cover the seed very shallow and firm the soil well after sowing ; also keep very moist until the seed germinates. After com- ing up, the plants should be partially shaded for a week or ten days, and see that the soil does not get too dry. When two inches high, thin and transplant to three inches apart. To insure good "stocky " plants, the tops should be cut back to within, say, two inches of the crown, when about four inches high. TntfinCf\lnni'in/1 "^^^ evening is the best time, and especially if after a shower ; otherwise give them a good watering and I I UllopiUll f iliy* you will lose but verj' few plants. Remember that it is essential that the soil be pressed firmly about each plant when set out, especially if done in a dry time ; the old method of setting in deep trenches is a thing of the past. Some of our most successful growers set on the level surface, while others prefer a broad, sliallow trench, only three or four inches deep. These trenches should be at least three feet apart for the dwarf, and not less than four feet for the larger sorts ; set plants in single rows not over six inches apart
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