CHAPTER VIII. 



THE USES AND MANAGEMENT OF COLD 

 FRAMES. 



We use cold frames for preserving Cauliflower, Cab- 

 bage and Lettuce plants during the winter, and the for- 

 warding of Lettuce and Cucumbers in spring and summer. 



To make the matter as clear as possible, we will suppose 

 that the market gardener, having five or six acres of land, 

 has provided himself with 100 of 3 x 6 feet sashes. The 

 Cauliflower, Cabbage, or Lettuce plants, which they are 

 intended to cover in winter, should be sown in the open 

 garden from the 10th to the 20th of September, and when 

 of sufficient size, which they will be in about a month from 

 the time of sowing, they must be replanted in the boxes 

 or frames, to be covered by the sashes as winter advances. 



The boxes or frames we use", are simply two boards, run- 

 ning parallel, and nailed to posts to secure them in line. 

 The one for the back is ten or twelve inches wide, and 

 that for the front seven or eight inches, to give the sashes, 

 when placed upon them, pitch enough to carry ofl" rain, 

 and to better catch the sun's ravs. The length of the 

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