Celery For Home Use

For home use or for special cnstomers who are willing to pay a fancy prlce for a superior article a Vermont correspondent of The American Gardening advocates this method: Set theplantsinrows four or five feet apart, and about sever. inches apart in the row; plants thus grown on the surf ace have the advantage of direct sunshine, make a rapid growth, and are easily kept free from weeds. One very essential point is to keep all soil out of the heart of plants until they are large enough for blanching. When the plants are well grown, wrap each plant in a paper jacket, and then hill up almost to thètop of the papers. For this purpose buy common straw paper and cut it into strips from twelve to fifteen inches wide. After a little practico the wrapping can be done as quickly as the ordinary tying tip. The loóse end of the wrapper may be kept in place by a handful of earth thrown in with a trowel, or if the plants are very bushy it is less work to fasten the ends together with an ordinary pin. It will pay to place a light protection over the celery rows when rainstonns are imminent. Light weight oil paper, similar to that used for building purposes, may be used in place of the straw paper. The space between celery rows should always be used for some quick growing erop, like radishes, kohlrabi or early cauliflower. Care should always be takpu in_billinfif to jrive a broad base ♦ ilíí, 59 tE9 sou =i- ..u w „ üp higher later in the season. Personas supervisión of all these details is important.