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the work and the product can be placed upon the market without
undue expense or labor. It would not be advisable to undertake celery
culture on a large scale unless located within 2 or 3 miles of a
convenient shipping point.
Plants to the acre.-The following table gives the number of plants
required to set one acre by the several methods and distances of planting:
Plants per acre of celery set at different distances.
Distance Distance Distance Distance
between between acre between b etween Plants
rows. plants. per acre. rows. plants. per acre.Feet. Inches. Number. Feet. Inches. Number.
4 4 32,700 5 6 17, 440
4 5 26,160 6 4 21,800
4 6 21,800 6 5 17,496
5 4 26,160 6 6 14,533
5 5 20,940To plant one acre by the solid method, having one-half of the entire
area devoted to beds, and the plants set 6 by 8 inches, would require
65,000 plants. It would be impossible to grow this amount of good
celery on one acre, and 30,000 plants is a good yield on the best celery
land; on land such as is ordinarly devoted to celery growing, 20,000
plants will be found to be as many as will do well. It is much better
to have a moderate number of well-developed plants that can be packed
12 to the bunch than a larger number that are so small as to require
putting in 15 or 16 to make up a bunch of the size sold for a dozen.
Estimates of returns.-Any one contemplating making a start in
celery growing will do well to first investigate the market prospects,
and unless satisfactory shipping arrangements can be made beforehand,
the crop should be planted only on a small scale for one or two years,
until a local trade can be established. It is fair to estimate a return
of 1,500 dozen from one acre, and this should bring 15 cents per dozen,
at the lowest average estimate; this will yield a gross income of $225
to the acre, leaving a net balance of $125 to cover the cost of investment
and as profit. As a matter of fact, the growers who are making
a success of celery raising-and many are doing so-receive a net
profit of $100 an acre, over and above the interest on the investment.
Hundreds of acres are grown annually which do not much more than
pay expenses, but this is due to the fact that the soil has become
exhausted and the product is undersized and inferior.
VARIETIES.
For home use.-Where it is desirable to have celery for table use
from midsummer until late in winter it is well to plant four or five
varieties. For the earliest, plant White Plume or Golden Self-blanching;
for autumn use, Golden Self-blanching and Pink Plume or Rose
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United States. Department of Agriculture. Celery Culture., book, 1902; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc6408/m1/30/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.