. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . thehands, to hold them in an upright position. After this is donemore earth is drawn towards the plants with a hoe, until thereis enough to prevent their spreading open. All celery plantsshould have this uprie:ht form before being stored, and it is all 184 VEGETABLE GARDENING. the bleaching treatment necessary for the self-blanching land should be thoroughly cultivated and a furrow turnedtowards the plants on each side of the row before the handlingprocess is begun, so there may be plenty of loo
. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . thehands, to hold them in an upright position. After this is donemore earth is drawn towards the plants with a hoe, until thereis enough to prevent their spreading open. All celery plantsshould have this uprie:ht form before being stored, and it is all 184 VEGETABLE GARDENING. the bleaching treatment necessary for the self-blanching land should be thoroughly cultivated and a furrow turnedtowards the plants on each side of the row before the handlingprocess is begun, so there may be plenty of loose earth to workwith. Bleaching with Earth or ^Banking.—If the celery is in-tended for marketing previous to the first of December, it shouldbe banked up or otherwise bleached in the field. Banking upis done immediately after handling. It consists in plowingearth against the celery to begin with and then finishing it offwith a shovel or wide hoe until the earth is banked up to thefull height of the celery. This had better be done in severaloperations as the plants grow and need Fig-ure 93—Celery banked up for bleaching. Bleaching with Boards.—Celery that is to be marketed earlyshould be bleached with boards, because if banked with earthit is more liable to become diseased. Boards ten inches wideare the best but narrower boards may be used nearly as well,providing the earth is first drawn towards the plants for themto rest on. The plants are generally handled before the boardsare put on, but this is not absolutely necessary, although desira-ble. A board should be put upon each side of the row quiteclose to the plants and be held in place with ^ peg. If for anyreason there are vacancies in the row or the plants are notclose enough to exclude light from the stalks when the boardsare put up, the vacancies may be filled with hay or straw. For CELERY. 185 late autumn use it is probably best to bleach the plants withearth, as it also protects from frost and is much cheaper
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