. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . 303. Storing celery ina trench in thefield. the middle of July, preferably just before a rain. The plant bed should have a thorough soaking shortly before the plants are lifted, and each plant be trimmed, both top and root, before set-ting. The plants should be set from 5 to 6 inches apart in the rows and the earth well firmed around each one. The after-cultivation consists in thorough tillage until the time of handling or earthing up the plants. This process
. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . 303. Storing celery ina trench in thefield. the middle of July, preferably just before a rain. The plant bed should have a thorough soaking shortly before the plants are lifted, and each plant be trimmed, both top and root, before set-ting. The plants should be set from 5 to 6 inches apart in the rows and the earth well firmed around each one. The after-cultivation consists in thorough tillage until the time of handling or earthing up the plants. This process of handling is accomplished by drawing up the earth with one hand whileholding theplant with the other, packing the soil well aroundthe stalks. This process may becontinued until only the leaves areto be seen. For the private grower,it is much easier to blanch the celerywith boards or paper, or if the celery is not wanted until winter, the plants may be dug up, packed closely in boxes, covering the roots with soil, and placed in a dark, cool cellar, where the stalks will blanch themselves. In this way celery may be stored in boxes in
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