WINTERING CELERY.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 45, 10 June 1903, Page 7

WINTERING CELERY.

Storing the Crop in the Natural Soil Is the Best Method. There is a large percentage of celery lost every year after storing-. One is apt to be too anxious; it is not good policy to start covering" celery too early. A certain amount of frost will do it no harm ; in fact, it will help to harden ur ) the plants. One important thing must be guarded against — never allow the celery to sweat after protecting-. Such plants would be difficult to keep, after once they g-et too hot. It is a waste of time to try to keep celery after it has once started to decay. There are different methods of wintering celery, but if anyone wants good flavored, tender stalks, winter the crop in the natural soil. Of course there is- more work attached to this method, although it is not such a big job after all. Suppose we put two or three rows together, then ■with boards on the top to slied the rain, the plants can. be easily protected by leaves or salt hay. In storing two or three rows together it is advisable to have, say, one inch of soil between the rows; I find that when celery touches, or, in other words, when the stalks are stacked closety together, they are liable, to rot; but having 1 the soil between them will help to keep them cooler. In severe weather, celery stored thus Is not so easily got at as when, stored in the cellar, but one could get out enoug'h one day to last three or four. When celery is not stored in tbe natural soil, it eats fluffy and lacks the nutty flavor that good celery should have. — American Gardening.