The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-28
STORING CELERY IN WINTER
Both in the Cellar and Out of Doors il
Trenches.

Trenches. hE
In reply to inquiry as to the best
methods of storing celery for the win
ter, American Gardening says In a
dry, cool cellar it will be possible to
keep celery for about two months af-
ter putting it in Any that may be re-
quired for use later than that had bet
ter be left outside in trenches. In a
cellar that is fairly light celery will
sometimes keep longer than just stated
if small and sown late, and not blanch-
ed outside before placing it there. Dig
up the plants carefully, with all the
roots available, stand it upright against
the wall about four or six inches
apart, one row at a time-then cover
the roots with sandy loan or sand
Then proceed again as before by plac-
ing another row of plants andr cover
with sand. Then proceed again as be-
fore by placing another row of plants
and cover with sand, and SO on until
the quantity required is placed, or
space is utilized. Keep the rows six
inches apart, as if too close together
they will heat up and commence to rot
Immediately. Air should be admitted
as much as possible whenever the
weather is not too frosty
Celery for winter should not be
blanched, only just enough for imme-
diate use, and as it will quickly blanch
as soon as stored away in it's winter
quarters. 1t is well to bear in mind
that unblanched celery will withstand
several degrees of frost without any
bad effect, but blanched celery is very
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should be stored much earlier than the
other. which had better be left out I'M
til near Thanksgiving, or as late as Dos
sible, according to the weather outlook.
The best time to put in is from October
20 to November 20, according to latitude
and section of country.
Last fall being so open and mild, a
great deal of celery was put in a
month too soon, consequently it did
not keep so long as it otherwise would
have done. We made this mistake last
year, and the lesson taught will not
be forgotten, as our celery was out by
February 1, when it should have kept
until April l. There are so many influ-
ences working against the gardener
that when a slight frost comes he gets
nervous and cannot feel contented un-
til all his crops are stored away safely.
1t is a better policy at the first APP
pearance of hard frost to store away
one-half the crop, leaving the other
half growing outside as long as it is
possible to do so. Frequently we ex-
perience two or three weeks of fine
weather after the first frost that is
sufficient to damage the blanched eel
cry, but not the unblanched.
Trenches one foot in width and as
deep as the tops of the plants make a
very convenient and safe plan for win
| ter storage. In these pack the celery
not too close if they have a ball of
| earth and good roots, the latter will not
| need to be covered with sand, leave
eeXposed to the weather as much as
possible, and cover with some light
| material before frost, taking this off
again in the morning if the tempera-
ture is above 35 degrees as colder
weather approaches heavy covering is
necessary.
Some air space should be allowed be-
| tween the tops and the covering. For
| this purpose old board or pea brush
may be used, laid over the celery, to
hold up the covering.
[ IL lHe new Way OIL Growing celery III
rows on the level is prevalent, an ex-
cellent plan, to have fine celery in win
| ter, is to cover it just where grown. II
| three or four rows of celery at Is to
| Is inches apart are left, then as cold
weather is near make rough roof
| over it by laying boards or sticks upon
| supports; upon these place quantity
| of old cornstalks, then cover with
| leaves, salt hay or strawy manure
| enough to keep out the frost or any
| spare six by three hotbed sash may be
! used instead; these, if laid across and
covered with straw, etc., will keep out