Show CELERY CULTIVATION Celery planted in rows or beds will need frequent cultivation The cultivator run between the rows and the use of the pronged hoe between the plants will be all the cultivation needed This work should be done once a week Do not allow the ground to crust over When the weather is hot and dry it will form a thick hard crust which will stop all growth Celery planted in beds will require still greater care The narrow steel hoe or the narrow celery rake will do rapid and first class work in the hands of a competent man Celery requires a large amount of moisture and one way to get it is by fre quest cultivation the next is by giving the beds a generous watering When the plants need water give an abundance Water in the cool of the evening A hose attached to a barrel drawn by a horse will quickly put it on without much loss of water When the small beds are to be watered a watering can will be all that is needed In the editors experience watering once a week is enough The long green celery worm that feeds Ion I-on the leaves should be cut in two with a I pair of clippers In the dry seasons they become very numerous and will seriously Injure the plants if not taken in time The celery should not be earthed up during dur-ing hot weather Keep the soil loose and the plant growing The middle of September Sep-tember is plenty early enough to give the first earthing up The selfblanching celery will need the earth drawn up to the plants about the 10th of September This celery comes into market in the early fall I is quite delicate and is hard to keep after It is once bleached Baltimore Balti-more American I |