Nebraska advertiser., 1858-03-25
[FrOm the Country Gentleman.l
Culture Of 0eierY.

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MEssRs EDIToRs.--Since my article
on Preserving Celery in the Wintt /"
appeared in the Country Gentleman" of
January the'7th, / have receiyed a num-
Der of letters making inquiries relative to
our mode of cultivalion-indiyidual re-
plies would be out of the question. l.
again avail myself of the benefit of your
columns to reply to one and all.
The system / viii attempt TO describe,
is that generally adopted " market gar
deners in this vicinity, tut which can ca
silly be modified 10 suit any private gar
den, no matter how small.
In raising the plants we preIare. lev
ell piece of ground, IN the best possible
manner. ly al plying a liberal coating of
short, roued static manure, and repeated
ly plowing and narrowing anlil il is
thoroughly mixed with the. soil. Then
about the first o. april, after having 1t
finely raktd to free ii from all inequalities,
we mark the lines out with the '.drag"
or marker" " nine inches arart; in these
we sow the sted rather thinIy, as ly
coming mp too thick the plants would be
rendered weak. As soon as the seeds
germinate we stir the ground between
the rows, wreding the plants, and thin
ming out where they have come up too
thick. By this att ttention, ty the first of
Jmy we have fine }luxuriant plants ft'for
transplantingi into the open titld-much
better than those raised Ly being sown in
hot-beds and pick, q out previous to plant
ing, as frequently numbers of those rails
ed IN hot-beds will run up to seed and
are consequently worthless. I
As we ipvarIal ly make celery a Sec
ond crop-after CALL age, onions, or beets,
which have been heavily manurtd in the
spring, we rarely find il necessary to ma
nure specially for celery, hut when we
do, we manure the whole ground, and not
in the rows only, which is TOO often done.
The reason Of this is apparent to any one
who will observe that the roots of the
plant will mat. when well grown in the
rows, when planted four feet apart. ,f
Our spring crops get cleared off in sue
cessiOn through the month of July, and
as soon as they are moved the ground Is
plowed and narrowed until well puIver-
ized. Then for what we want for fall use,
we plant four feet apart. it requiring to be
banked up, and five orIsix inches between
the plants, on the surface of the ground,
having long ago, discarded the old plan
of planting in trenches, which is otjec-
tionable;by the plants being under the gem
eral surface of the ground, they are more
liable in rain storms to lie sanded up in
the hearts, which impedes the growth
and sometimes, before III is removed kills
the plants. GliTolGE u 2 j ,nou5.5zi1ul
For what we want for winter and spring
use, we only plant three feet arart, and
the same distance between the plants as
the others. Ia eight or ten days after
planting, we apply the harrow toothed
cIIiivator between the rows and sti up the
ground between the plants with the hand
10 keep down the weeds until the Celery
is large enough 10 Shade the ground.
After the celery is about half grown
say from the middle of August to middle
Of September, we begin TO draw a little
earth to it on each side, SO as to make
the plants incline 70 an upright position
| This done, we commence what we term
"handling," that which we want for early
use; this process IS simply 10 hold each
plant slightly with one hand and pres:
the earth around. with the other, 50 as still
more to keep-it in a close and dprigh,
growth. We then draw more earth TO j
with the hoe or plow, to hold it IN this po
sition. The ''tanking" process may talct
place at any time IN September, two OIL
lhree weeks before it is wanted' for use
! In October il will require third longel
time. The banking is done by diggins
J out the earth in the center between thl
rows, and applying it NEATLY on each sid
Of the row of celery up to the tops, so a
| to remain until the blanching is compile
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