Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-07-29
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CULTIVATION OF CELERY.
How the Ground Is Prepared and How
the Plant Is Cared For.

Celery is ordinarily grown for its
large feshy leaf stalks, which are eat
en- raw with salt and also used for sea
soning salads. The seed is also, en-
| tensively used for seasoning purposes
Celeriac or turnip-rooted celery is
grown for it's large roots. which are
| used for seasoning salads.
1t is a gross feeder, and though the
soil selected is reasonably fertile, or
| 10 tons of barnyard manure should be
applied per acre and thoroughly incor-
porated with the soil before planting
ON land that will produce forty bushels
of corn per acre, not less than 1000
pounds of fertilizer containing ~
available phosphoric acid, SO nitrogen
and SO potash should be applied per
| acre.
Celery seed are planted in frames IN
March. The rows are marked off six
inches apart and about Onc-half inch
deep. Ten to fifteen seed are Sown to
every inch of row and covered lightly
with sifted soil. After the seed are
planted the bed should be sprinkled
| lightly and then shaded with bags "r
| burlap until the young plants begin 10
appear Then the bags or burlap should
he removed and a lath screen used in
its place.
After the seed have been sown, the
surface of the soil i'm the plant ed
should he allowed To hccom" dry untlI
| the plants have become well establish
ed. The u.s. of the lath screen may
gradually hc discontinued after th'
plants have formed the fourth or fifth
| leaf
When the plants are about three
| inches high they should hC thinncd Ia
| one inch apart in the row. tn" plants
removed may hc tranSplanted to "ther
beds and will produce as good, II hol
better, plants than th"s" not trans
planted. Celery is transplantrd t" the
field during the summer months. wh'n
| il is very hot and the soil unusually
| dry. 1t is, therefore, necessary To wa
ter the plants as they are I out. TIE
tors of the plants should he cllpG"d
ack To about half their length about
two weeks before transplantin% Ia the
field and watrrcd sparingly the last
| week before transplanting. An hour
before the plants are removed from the
beds they should be watercd freely.
If the celery is To- he hlanChed by
earth, the rows should he marked oil
FIVE feet wide and the plants st five
| inches apart i'm the row. If the double
row system is used. each set of double
| rows should he six feet wide and the
plants set six inches apart each way.
1t is very important Ia have st"cky
plants to transplant Ia the field, as II
is very difficult t" get the small ones t'
| live. and they never grow off as rapid
ly as plants Of larger size. Plants that
have been given ample distance i'm the
seed bed will he from six to eight
inches tall and very stncky at trans
planting time.
| Th" amateur grower frequently
makes the mistake Of setting the plants
too deep in tn" soil. Th" plants should
rot hc s"t deeper in the field than the!
stood i'm tn" plant bed. If the plants are
set i'm the bottom of furruw. as Is
sometimes practiced. the bud Will h'
covered hy soil washing from the sides
of the trench and many of them VIII
die. When the plants ar" set III a
slight furrnw made 10y the marker and
| the soil drawn about them. the bud "l
the plant should he on Il level with the
| surface of the soil.