, 1861-04-25
AgfiepItuts.
Chateoal as 8 Rlanoh.

AZ AWrtHin-the Phil1delphia Gardeners
NoHthtg sGys: Permit me to coin noun
expressive Of new use to which | have
lately put this useful substance.
As mulch, its value Is universally re.
cognized.. As, a blanch, find it superior to
any material ] have ever tried, including
earth, dry sand, sawdust tan.bark, leaves,
hay, litter, ctr Its advantages are mani.
fold; no slug nor insect will harbor in it !;
it drains perfectly, retains the solar warmth
without over-heating the plant, absorbs all
the G1umiaCal gases arising from the appli-
catioh of liquid or other fertilizers, will not
rust the stalk, Is easily washed out of the
celery when dug, and can be used many
times over with little loss. BY proper man.
agement alBo, two rows of celery may be
grown where one is BY the old method.
Dig trenches two feet apart, about eight
inches wide, and six deep, and fill up to the
Level Of the ground, with q rich compost of
lam well dsComposed manure, and tanners
hair refuse (the lattsr being the best posi-.
BILE food for celery, and Obtainable at the
same price as stable ofEal) and set out the
plants about eight inches apart in single
Toas. On either side Of the rows about six
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two stakes, say three feet long, and one to
oueandA half inches square, one inch apart,
20 allow board to slip in between them, and
repeat the stakes at intervals Of five feet, or
thereabOuts. the entire length Of your rows Of
plants; then between the stakes put boards
twelvetO (Ourteen inches wide, and piece Of
board at each end Of the trench, connecting
their ends. 2+i -.-. E.-
ne young plants will need shading for q
few days after transplanting, IL the trenches
run north and south, II east and west they
VIII not require it.
Draw The earth slightly away from the
ba1o 0f The boards to form feeding trough,
in which pour liquid manure frequently
during the growing season. When the leaf
Of the central stalk or heart of the plant
shows itself above the board, fiIl in the
whole sPace with ooarsely pulverized char.
ooal lcindefs from the sTnoke-stack Of loco
motives, Q: the braiseOf oldcharcoal hearths)
holding he stalks snugly together in the
len hand while filling in with the right.
ARR z icw days, place second set Of
boards which may be connected by Cross
pitces nailei on at intervals on the top Of the
first and repeat the blanching as bef,re.
have found two blanchlngs 10 b esuficient.-
For winter celery the trenches shOuld be
dug four feet apart one and half feet wide,
aIdIh6p plms tntGo rows nine inches asun.
der. .6s,i..4 ,-rs ~ l- ..,,I.,7.
Thsy may be banked up Ii the usual way,
frst thriving little litter on the top. Gel.
cry thdS treated win keep perfectly; the
luoso texture Of The charcoal preventing It's
becoming old By he action u frost.
ltmay be objected that the above plan Is
mere expensive than the traditional method,
bdt d viii b productive Of ~ much higher
quality, longer blanched stalks, greater
crispnesl and whiteness and certain exemp.
ton from rust and decay, Is fully TO war.
rant he apparent increased outlay. n the
bo1rdl are well coated With gas-taf or good
boiled llnsopd.0n, they will last many years,
and ths clalboal D Forth, ior general gar
don purr n.oIe than is lost, Il not re-
qulrod again for blanching.