OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER IN THE NORTH 399 



Chicory. Dig what is wanted for salad, and store it 

 in sand in a dry cellar. 



Endive. Blanch by gathering up the leaves and tying 

 them lightly at the tips. 



General Garden Management. The only planting that 

 can be done in open ground at this time is restricted 

 to rhubarb, asparagus, and perhaps onion -sets. Begin 

 to think about next year's planting, and to make arrange- 

 ments for the manure that will be needed. Often you 

 can purchase it now to good advantage, and haul it while 

 the roads are yet good. Clean up and plow the ground 

 when the crops are harvested. 



Lettuce. Plants to be wintered over should be set in 

 frames like cabbage -plants. 



Onions. Plant sets of Extra Early Pearl, or some other 

 hardy kind, in the same fashion as in early spring. They 

 are likely to winter well, and will give an early crop 

 of fine bunching onions. For the North, fall sowing of 

 onion-seed cannot be recommended. 



Parsley. Lift some plants and set them in a cold- 

 frame four or five inches apart, or in a box filled with 

 good soil, and place in a light cellar or under a shed. 



Pears. Pick the winter sorts just before there is dan- 

 ger from freezing. Put them in a cool, dark place, where 

 they will neither mold nor shrivel. To hasten ripening, 

 they can be brought into a warm room as wanted. 



Rhubarb. If plants are to be set or replanted this 

 fall, enrich the ground with a superabundance of fine 

 old stable -manure, and give each plant a few feet of 

 space each way. In order to have fresh pie-plant in 

 winter, dig up some of the roots and plant them in good 

 soil in a barrel placed in the cellar. 



Sweet potatoes. Dig them when ripe after the first 

 frost. Cut off the vines, and turn the potatoes out with 

 a potato -fork or plow. Handle them carefully to pre- 

 vent bruising. Only sound, well -ripened roots are in 

 proper condition to be wintered over. 



NOVEMBER 



Asparagus. Manure before winter sets in. 



Beets. They keep best in pits. Some may be kept 

 in the cellar for use during winter, but cover them with 

 sand or sods to prevent shriveling. 



