The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25

conditions Tne carry 80
Of celery il almost entirely connneo
~ the Northwestern States and has
developed more largely at
Mich. where the summer n carry
fall crops are generally grown.
Then along the Lake Shore region
the later fall crop OF the seH-pianch-
ing varieties Is grown and olancneu
between boards set on eacn sue VI
the rows. The crop of this region
is generally finished and pc
fore Christmas. Then in the sar
south. in Florida, when the fall crop
of the North is being marketed, the
seed are just being sown for the win
ter crop that comes in In late winter
and early spring. California, too,
grows the late winter crop.
Then there is a wide region OF the
upper South extending to h border
~northward. where the a winter
crop cannot be grown, and where the
summers are too warm to carry the
plants through for the early fall crop,
and throughout this region the only
crop Of celery available is the one
that m In at Christmas and New
Years, and for which b green
c~eieries and earth-blanching are bet
ter thar ef-blanching sorts and
boarda
In the lower part of the Middle
States celery is commonly grown in
rows and partly earthed in the field.
and taken up and stored in narrow
pits for early winter use. From Bal
timore over all the upper South celery
properly grow does not need to be
lifted for storage, as it car be grown
n wint cred where it grew by using
the Baltimore bed system.
The principal difficulty is in get
ting h seed to terminate in the
late spring when they should be
started for this crop. I have had
good success in the following meth
the north side Of q fence or building,
since such a location gets les Of the
hot sun and is apt to retain moisture
better h a sunny position. The
soil is made very fine, n slight
lines are marked six inches apart
across the border. On these lines
the seed are sown rather thinly, and
patted down with the back Of a spade
but not covered.
Gunny sacks are then spread owe,
the bed n the bed watered on these
The V presents the surface from
drying and crusting and gives the yer!
best conditions for the fine seed tt
| terminate. The bed is closely watch
ed n as Don as the lines show
termination the sacks are lifted an
propped up till the young germinat
ing plants show a green color an,
: then the sacks are entirely removed
In such a partly shaded kituation tn
plants will groW off rapidly and a
= soon as they are about two or thre
I inches tall another bed In a simiia
situation is prepared and the plant
are lifted and the tap-Foot slight
shortened. n they are transplante
e into new six-inch rows two inche
apart. A cheesecloth shade and care
n full watering at this stage are usefu
l. Then as the plants start into a ne
y growth, they will develop a mass {
lateral roots hat will make them ly
le better in their final tr~ansplantin,
IL h sowing of the SEED Is done
Is May, and after this first transplantinl
d II the tops grow too rapidly, they al
as ence or twice. The fin;
d transplanting is done in the late A,
n. gust in h latitude of Baltimore
Of in early September in the upper Sou,
as in southern Virginia and Nor,
Carolina.
a Then comes the preparation for Il
so bed method. Celery should follow {
id early crop that has had heavy m
nuring, and only commercial fertilize
to strong in nitrogen and potash esq
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at and this should be incorporated wi
he the soil a week or more before Sc
e. ting the plants, at rate Of 1000 poun
cy an acre. The beds are tt be six &c
id wide when finished, and a space
DIS eight feet is left between the be
in to be kept plowed for furnishing fl
DO, earth for the blanching in the fs
sh First we provide a planting boa
he six feet long and a foot wide, wi
ric the ends accurately squared. On ca
ne side Of this board notches are {
as six inches apart starting from t
he ends. This will make eleven not CT
"a In the six feet.
in In planting the bed a line is strete
thy ed tightly along one side Of the p1
uts posed bed. Starting at one end
tie, planting board is set perpendicu
fly or square with this fSae, and
planter standing on the board set.
ON plant at each Itch on both sic
i've The board is then moved and