. Dreer's Open-air vegetables . WINTEE STOKAGE OF CELERY IN PRIVATE GARDEN. William Robertson, gardener to John W. Pepper, Jenkintown, Pa., January 6, 1897. has been made it is well to begin to cut back the tops, to the extent of an inch or two, in order to strengthen the roots. The heart of the plant becomes much stronger if thus exposed to the sunlight. In small operations the celery plants are frequently pricked out or transplanted from the seed bed to an interme- diate bed before going to the open garden. In large patches this intermediate work is avoided on account of the labor

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