STORAGE FOR WINTER USE. 



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es, every third or fourth row of the early crop is left blank 

 for the squashes, the squash-seed planted rather late, about 

 June 5, and the early crop cleared away before July 10, 

 when the squashes begin to run. 



There are many of the devices of double cropping in com- 

 mon use in the market-gardens, which might be easily and 

 profitably imitated by the amateur in his kitchen-garden. 



Among the noticeable devices of the market-gardener for 



Section of Spinach House. 



keeping the fall crops for winter use are the squash-house, 

 the celery-pit, the spinach-house, the cellar. 



Squashes, for keeping, need a tight house above ground, 

 a dry air, and a temperature from 55° to 60°, which is main- 

 tained by a stove and by slight ventilation : they need pick- 

 ing over every ten days, to select the decayed ones. 



The celery-pit needs a dry, cool air, moderate ventilation, 

 perfect protection from frost. 



