The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-08-15

the next terrace, which should be 3
feet lower in & perpendicular line than
the first. Where the land is hilly the
terraces will of course be nearer to-
gether than Oh more level slopes. Run
the line and lay Of as before. Do not ex-
pect the terraces to he parallel, as this
| rarely happens Continue until the
whole field is gone over. When ready
| 80 make the terraces throw two burrows
with goad 2.horse pillow on the lines
already laid off, going over the work
with hoes to right up any breaks or
places where the pillow has not given
satisfactory bank. AS mentioned above,
| this bank should measure feet across
at the bottom If the banks are en-
riched and sowed in grass-orchard is
the best variety-in two or three years
they will become so compact that they
cannot be broken. For this permanent
benefit We can afford to submit to the
temporary inconvenience and annoy
ance OF having to repair the breaks as
they occur after each rain, which inev.
itably happens during the first years
that system of terracing is under
| taken.
| CELERY.
| QUESTION 5.-Please tell me some
thing about the second crop of celery
how to raise it for home or market.
| ANSWER 5-The market gardens
around New York plant celery as SEQ
ond crop, following cabbages, onions,
beets or potatoes And we may do the
same in Georgia either in the market
garden or private kitchen garden. Ma
nure the ground very heavily in the
spring for onions, cabbage or beets and
as soon as they are removed, plow
or spade the ground and make it fine
and mellow to receive your celery plants.
Don't forget that it is waste of time
and labor to attempt to grow celery or
poor or badly prepared soil.
The seed should be sown from the
middle to the last of March in rich
ground and in drills 10 inches apart
Radish seed are somtimes sown sparing
ly in the drills with the celery seed
The radish will sprout in a few days
showing the line of the rows, and the
hoe can then be used between the row!
before the weeds and grass get start
When the plants are three to four in
ches high, cut OF the tops, and repea
this a second time as the plants contin
ne to grow; this will cause a stock,
growth and make them more uniform
in size. Whe1 you have dug your Pc
tatoes, or housed or sold off your cab
bage or onions, prepare the land from
which you took them for celery by dee
blowing or spading, first applying
liberal dose of well rctted stable man
IRE or commercial fertilizer. Lay OF
rows from three to fear feet apart an,
place a plant every six inches in tn
row. In taking the plants from the see,
he'd, try to get them of uniform size S
that the growth afterward may be abou
the same. Both roots and leaves shoul,
be trimmed before setting out, leawinI
the roots about 2 LIZ inches long, an,
the leaves cut off even with the top %
the heart. 1t is best to set out plant
1 during wet cloudy spell, and shout
the weather turn very hot and dry Jus
4 / after planting, they shouid be prvtecte
from the sun for "a few days. Dnrin
the early stages of growth, the groun
should be frequently worked-by til
! pillow in field culture-an6 by the no
or rake in garden culture. When tn
leaves get IL to 10 inches long the cart
E on either side of the row should b
loosened to the depth of 2 or 8 inches
q Thentheworkmar, gathering the Leave
9 of each plant in one hand, holds ther
6 | in position while he presses the loosene
! earth around the stalk with the other
| thrown from each side towards the eel
, cry with plow. In the family garde
D | hoe should be used for this purpose
As fast as the celery grows the earth
drawn to the plants with hoes, unit
the time for bleaching arrives. Fror
: the first to the middle of October celer.
; should be banked in order to bleach il
! To do this, commence about foot fror
the plants, and throw up with spad
, bank of earth, covering all the celer
except a few inches Of the ends of tn
longest leaves. A few weeks in thi
condition will bleach it and it will the
be ready for use.
This system is greatly preferred t
the old fashioned and troublesome pla
of digging deep trenches and manul
ing these. The larger and coarser VAR
cites are almost entirely discarded a
the south, being grown mostly in tn
northwest where they are crisp and sol
i'd For those who still prefer the larg
kinds the Mammoth Solid is perhap
best of the smaller and more popula