Simple Culture of Celery-No Transplanting OR Earthing

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 24 February 1891, Page 3

Simple Culture of Celery-No Transplanting OR Earthing

; "P- _ r- B*-Oi S. Bliss, Of VebMokt. . gfc^jiorjff familiar wi»h tjp_s, accepted |f r tiieofy of celery growing and the Jjj| oleged requirements cf the crop, I „! hud offe iwo dered if there waa wot a' good flea I ,pi unnecessary routine ' a Wit iil Aiidwlifn 7 concluded to make a business of growing it rayHolf, thongii only on a small scale, I put this suspicion to practical test and confi mcd it. My theory is, in brief, that if given plenty of food and water, the pjanst may be grown from the seed without transplanting, and thickly enough for mutual blanching thus saving the expense of transplanting and earthing up. My . ratthod, which may be descriptively termed the f 'ur-row-flat : cnltnre method, is lo open a trench a foot depp, and from 20 to 24 iuches wide. Manure from the general manure shed, consisting of horse, cow, hog, aud hen manure, mixed as made, and a'wiys moist enough not to burn, is thrown into the trench filliug it thd surface lev 1, »n<l covered with the fine earth from the trench to the depth of about Gin. /ihia is then trodden down firmly, >.nd upon it *ith the prong hoe and garden rake a finr mellow seedbed is made. The seed is sown by line and not by mark on the surface iv torn rows 4 inches apart. If a showr comes along ;it the right time no i other covering is needed, otherwise it is covered hv the libeial use of wnt r through a fine roes, which wa erAijg is full"we<] up as often as neces-arv through the season. Sown in good garden soil with no mixture of tuauure or fettili er, the plants make a healthy growth and a broad and vigorous root growth before teaching the manure. These plants are, in fact, as well " hardened* and better rooted than the twice transplanted plants put upon the 'market in their season. The only labour subsequently ex- •"' )(I J a tue Jbed is to keep down ,i» Ijhp oWvedß and to thin the plants to .-—one in 8 inches in the row, and no P (further attention is necessary, except - ' 'to provide wat«r in case of drought. There may be a few straggling leaves m the outside rows, but as a whole the waste stalks are less numerous than under the old system. Perhaps ttie stalks are not quite io white as gh.en ; ; Jblanobt 1, but they are as crisp and fender, and finer flavored. — N»# York Tribune.