. Biggle garden book; vegetables, small fruits and flowers for pleasure and profit. Gardening; Vegetable gardening. LETTUCE. CELERY 107 that the leaves will meet and the plants blanch them- selves ; this method, however, usually requires irri- gation to make it a success; the "self-blanching" varieties are used, and the outer sides of the patch are covered with boards.) Blanching: Early or summer celery is usually blanched, after the first "handling," by standing twelve-inch-wide boards close against each side of the celery plants, the top edges hooked or cleated so as to b
. Biggle garden book; vegetables, small fruits and flowers for pleasure and profit. Gardening; Vegetable gardening. LETTUCE. CELERY 107 that the leaves will meet and the plants blanch them- selves ; this method, however, usually requires irri- gation to make it a success; the "self-blanching" varieties are used, and the outer sides of the patch are covered with boards.) Blanching: Early or summer celery is usually blanched, after the first "handling," by standing twelve-inch-wide boards close against each side of the celery plants, the top edges hooked or cleated so as to be about three inches apart. The boards should be about twelve feet long, and are put on when the celery is about a foot high. I think that the board method is better than earth for summer blanching, because celery covered entirely with earth is more liable to rot or rust in warm weather. This blanching process requires two or three weeks after the boards afe put on. Then the plants can be dug, as wanted, and sold or used. (Note: In very small gardens celery may easily be blanched by slipping a piece of tile over each plant.) The late crop of cel- ery is usually blanched by hilling earth gradually up to the plants on both sides of the row. This kind of blanching is not begun un- til the hot summer weather is over, the weather cool, and the plants well grown. The first part of the blanching process is called "handling," This, in plain English, means a horse-drawn ^ 1 -1 'S A GREAT HELP IN THE to gather together with blanching process. 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 Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia, W. Atkinson Co. , 1912
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