Nebraska advertiser., 1858-03-25
Culture Of Celery.

NuAbNlAC Va OCACAy
MEssRs EDIToRs.-Since my article
on preserving Celery In the Wintt r."
appeared in the Country Gentleman" of
January the 9TH, I have receive d a num-
Der of letters making inquiries relative TO
our mode of Observation-Disclosures re-
plies would be out of the question. /
again avail myself of the benefit of your
columns to reply TO n and all.
The system / viii attempt TO describe,
is that generally adopted " market gar
denerS IN this vicinity, but which can ea-
silly be modified 10 suit any private gar
den, no matter how small.
In raising the plants We prerare aley-
e piece Of ground, in the best possible
mahner, ~ applying a liberal coating 0f
short, ~rotttdstatir manure, and rept1sed-
ly blowing aud narrowing until it Is
thoroughly mixed with the soil. Then.
about the first o. april, after having II
finely raked to free IL from all i~neqLahlies,
we mark the lines out with the ..drag''
VI marker, F" nine inches APART; in these
we SOW the sted rather thinly, as ly
coming up 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 attention, ty the first of
July we have fine luxuriant plants ft-for
tran4planting into the open itId-much
better than those raised Ly being sown IN
hot-beds and piekt d ont previous to plant
ing. as frequently numbers of those rails
ed in hot-btds will run up to seed and
are consequently worthless.
As we invarIat ly make celery a Sec
ond crOp-after call age, onions, or beets,
which have been heavily manurtd in the
spring, we rarely find II 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 toany one
who will observe that the roots of The
plant will mat when well grown in the
rows, when planted four feet apart.
Our spring crops get cleared off in sue
cessiOn through the month of July, and
as oon as they are moved the ground Is
plOwed and narrowed until well pulver-
led. Then for what we want for fall use,
W. plant four feet apart. il requiring to be
banked up, and five or six inches between
the plants, on the surface of the ground,
having long ago, discarded the old plan
of planting IN trenches, which Is Office
liOnable;bythe plants being under the gem
eral surface Of the ground, they are more
liable in rain storms to e sanded up III
the hearts, which impedes the growth.
and sometimes, before it is removed kills
the plants EllTGllh TO - .G0-1.l-1
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
clltivat0r 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 1t 0 each side, so as to make
the plants incline to an upright position.
This done, We commence what we term
~':handling, !" that which we want for early
use; this process rs simply 10 hold each
plant slightly with one hand and pres.
the earth around with the other, so a sill
more to keep II iii close and upright
growth. We then draw more earth TO il
with the hoe or plow, to hold tim this po-
sition. The banking process may take
place at any time IN September, two OF
three weeks before it is wanted for use
In October il viii require a third longer
time. The banking is done by digging
out the earth in the center between the
rows, and applying il NEATLY on each sidt
Of the row of celery up to the tops, so a
to remain until the blanching is compile
ted. @