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Show GROWING CELERY PLANTS. Some Suggestions for Its Planting and Cultivation. Gardeners who grow It for tho early demand Usually sow tho seed under glnss In March or early April. Covor tho seed very tightly nnd keop tho weeds subdued. Tho plants should bo lnrgo enough to set In tho open ground In May, If tho season Is favor-ablo. favor-ablo. A later crop may bo sown In open ground later in April or In Mny, to bo markoted from Soptombor to Do-cember. Do-cember. Sow this In drills from two to threo feet npnrt. Sometimes set lettuce or sow early beets between tho rows of celery, but this Is only ndvlsablo when tho land is rich nnd holds molsturo enough for both. Tho celery should bo largo enough to thin out nnd transplant In Juno or July. Somo profor to cut tho tops of tho plants onco or twlco beforo transplanting trans-planting to mako thorn' moro stocky. Tho weeds must bo kopt down at all stages of growth, but ns tho roots aro wide-spreading, it should not bo worked deep. ' For winter and spring uso tho sood Is seldom sown beforo 4-lny, nnd the thinning and transplanting nro not dono beforo July. If very hot when this Is dono, standing boards along tho rows to shade thorn oh tho south is thought to savo moro plants from being Injured by tho aun than can bo saved by watering them, nnd Is loss labor in most gardens. Tho bonrds will bo needed later on for blanching. Theso varieties aro usually sown four foot apart If they aro to bo blanched or partly blanched botweon boards, and six feet apart if to bo blanched by banking with onrth. A common practice usod to bo to sow threo or five rows of onlonB ns early as tho ground could bo made ready, then hnvo a row for sowing or trans-planting trans-planting colery, nnd thus proceed through tho fleld. Tho plants should not bo loss thnn ono foot npnrt. Tho onions will bo out of the way boforo tho colery Is lnrgo enough to begin blanching. |