Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-04-05

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with gfeatrespect,
Your obedient servant
GEO. J. +. CLARKE,
81. .4agasiine.
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CELERY.
! Apium grure0iens Celery is a hardy bien.
MAJ plant. native OF Great Britain. and, when
IN IL wild state, it is denominatqd smaHage
| The root IN lis wild Stale, is thick aud fbrous
The siaik is bushy and furrowed, and altains
the height OF two or three feet. The leaves are
wedge SHAPED, aoi the flowers yellow, which
| are produced IN August. The varieties usually
cultivated are. the
! White sclid, Valan, and
1osevc7lored solid, Ceeriac, or lurniprooied
Propagalion.-Ail the sorts are raised from
seed aud half an ounce is reckuned sufficient
| toi seed-bed four feet and half wide by ten
feet in length, OF the upright sorts; but for cele-
rac, quarter of an ounce " Ill be enough for
bed tour feet squars.
Soil Celery delights in soil rather moist,
rich IN vegetable mould, but not rank from
new, uuroi,ed dung
Tines Of SOWtng. -" The most forward cron
is slightly forced any of the varieties NAV be
so"n IN the sp ing. in the open garden, al two
or three different times, from tue 2lsl of March
I'LL the first week in May but the principal
sowing should be made IN the first fortnight in
April. Sow in beds Of light, mellow earth,
aud rake in the seed slightly and regularly.
In very dry weather, give moderate watering
both before and after the plants CONF np.
When they are two, three, or four inches high.
thin the seed bed and prick ont a ouanlity, a,
successive lines, into intermediate beds, three
or four inches asunder, Water those reno.
we'd until they have siuck1 taken roll. i
Loudon.
TranSplautiag into trenches" When either
the plants lief in the seed.bed, or those reno.
we'd, are from TO II inches high, or when the
latter have acquired stocky growth, by four
or Eve weeks nurtur- in the intermediate bed
transplant them into trenches or bancbing
For this purpose, allot an open compartments
Mark out the trenches tool wide, and from
three 10 three and a hall distance dig oui
each trench ensthwise, 10 or II inches Ia
width, aud light spit deep, that Is, & or s IN
ches. Lay the earth dug o1t equally ON each
side of the trench put about three inches OF
very rotten dnnp into tho 'rench, - -
sides. and dig the dung and parings with an
inch or two fthe loose mould at the bottom.
Trim the tops anG roots OF tho plants, and then
set them in single rows along the middle Of
lance from plant to plant. When this work is
finished, give the plants wafer in plenty, and
occasionally water them from time 10 time, IT
the weather be dry, and likewise let them be
shaded, till they strike root and begin 10
grow. When they have grown TO the height OF
s or 10 inches. draw earth TO each side OF them,
breaking II fine. This should be done IN dry
weather. being careful not TO bury The hearts.
Repeat the earthing once IN 10 days, iii the
pabts are III for use. Be careful, however
not to draw up too much earth TO the plants at
FIRST, lest they be smothered, and leave the
plants in a little hollow. that they may receive
the full benefit of tina wateriDgs, rain, &C.
Taking The crop 1t is best to begin at one
end of a row, and dig clean down 10 the roots,
which then loosen with a spade, and they may
ne drawn up entire, without breaking the
stalks,
To preserve this plant during the winter, on
the approach of frost, take upa part of the
crop, and lay il under sand for wnter use.
Those left il the beds may be covered with lit
ter, 10 be removed in mild weather. Cobbeit
directs TO preserve celery in beds as follows -
/" Two boards, foot wide each, their edges
on one side LAID upon the earth of the ridge,
formed into roof over The point Of the ridge,
the upper edge of Que board going an inch over
the upper edge of the other, aud the boards las
tened " ell with pegs, will do the business COM
pelely, for il is not the frost, but the OCCASION
al thdVS, that you have to fear, aud the ,0et and
ROT that they produce
To save ,eed.-Either leave some established
plants in the spring where growing, or III
March as soon as the frost will permit, set the
plants in the ground, full two feel asunder.