. Celery for profit. Celery. [from old catalog]. 18 CELER V EOR PROFIT. with the spade. Firm the soil well, and smooth the surface with hoe and rake, and you are ready for setting the plants, which should always be done as soon as possible after the ground is prepared and while still moist. Stretch a garden line a couple of inches to one side of where the row of plants is to stand, or make a mark for the row in the most convenient way. Now get the plants ready. Pull them up out of the flats or frame \ put them in bunches of convenient size, and cut off the ends of both root and top, as illustr
. Celery for profit. Celery. [from old catalog]. 18 CELER V EOR PROFIT. with the spade. Firm the soil well, and smooth the surface with hoe and rake, and you are ready for setting the plants, which should always be done as soon as possible after the ground is prepared and while still moist. Stretch a garden line a couple of inches to one side of where the row of plants is to stand, or make a mark for the row in the most convenient way. Now get the plants ready. Pull them up out of the flats or frame \ put them in bunches of convenient size, and cut off the ends of both root and top, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Plants thus trimmed Wooden Dibbers. handle well, and usually stand the ordeal of transplanting better than plants with all the tops, and the long, slim root-ends left on. In nice, mellow loam, sandy and especially mucky soils, setting out celery plants is easy work, and the index finger may be used for making the openings; but I always prefer to use a small dibber, similar to those shown in Fig. 4. You can easily whittle one out of a piece of dry limb, preferably of hickory or apple tree. This will answer the. 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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