The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-07-02
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Cultivation of Celery.

Cultivation of Celery.
Celery plants, for best results, must be
kept growing without interruption.
They rarely recover fully if from any
cause they receive n check, hence great
care is necessary in transplanting from
seed beds to plant beds. Avoid break
ing or drying off the roots and when pos
sible set out the plants in cloudy weather.
Shelter them from drying wind and hot
sun when first transplanted and water
often. The soil should be rich and
thoroughly pulverized. The land best
suited to this plant is deep, mellow,
sandy loan, rather moist in character
Celery will thrive, however, on drained
clay lands if heavily manured. Land
manured the fall previous makes an ex-
cellent bed for celery Fresh manure is
injurious, us it induces a rank growth
which Injuries the quality of the stalks,
rendering them pithy and flabby in
character, sorry contrast to the crisp
ness well-grown stems.
If the land is in order where it is de-
signed to finally grow the celery
there is no objection to transplanting di-
rectly from the seed-bed to the field pro-
viding arrangements can be made for
watering and shading the plants at first.
AS rule farmers delay the final trans
planting until July, when land previous
ly occupied has been cleared off. If the
weather is dry at this season, as it is
liable to be, the plants will require re-
peated waterings until they are well es-
tablished, for celery cannot withstand q
drought Frequent hoeings and weed
ings are also necessary until the final
banking up.
The old practice of banking up celery
plants as they grow is being gradually
abandoned. Many cultivators attribute
the rust on celery TO the particles of
earth which fall in among the stems
during the process of hilling when there
is dew or damp on the plants. Celery,
therefore, in not a few instances, is
allowed to grow and spread in all direc-
tions until such time as banking up is
required for bleaching the stalks and
protecting them from injurY-by frosts.
The leaves at this time are carefully
Strengthened up, held firmly together
and earthed up sufficiently to bleach
them. During moist warm weather in
September celery will bleach within a
fortnight if properly earthed later,
when the days and nights are cooler,
three weeks or more are required.
Celery is stored for winter markets in
pits, trenches, etc., made for the pur-
pose. The plants are set in these as
closely as they will stand. Provision is
made to keep water from standing in
them and the tops are covered to protect
the celery from freezing. For family
use a small supply of celery already
bleached may be stored in the cellar,
covered with light garden soil OF sand
In bleaching celery be careful not to let
it freeze, not to heat it by too close
packing and heavy covering, and avoid
standing water in the trench.
A method practiced by the Edinburgh
market gardeners is reported to be as fol-
lows: They grow their celery plants in
temporary or nursery beds until they. are
ten inches OF one foot high before plant
ing in trenches. The trenches are dug
out six feet wide and one foot deep; the
bottom is loosened and well enriched
and the plants are set in rows across the
beds, fourteen inches asunder, and the
plants nine inches apart in rows. By
this means it is claimed that space is
economical and the plants attain a fair
average size and quality.-NeD York
World.