Winter Storage 



earth cellar are frozen stiff, they will be quite 

 usable if thawed out in cold water. The water 

 will draw the ice to the surface and it should be 

 allowed to thaw, when the vegetables will be 

 found entirely usable, but any vegetable that 

 thaws out soft is beyond redemption and should 

 at once be discarded. Also any vegetables found 

 decajdng in the cellar should at once be removed 

 and the cause also removed. Usually it will be 

 found that too much heat and too little fresh air 

 are the trouble; opening a window will rectify 

 both troubles. 



POTATOES 



Being our most important winter vegetables 

 should be stored with great care. Practically 

 their storage begins in the field when they are 

 dug; they should be dug on a bright, dry day, 

 preferably in the morning that the tubers should 

 have time to dry off if at all damp, before being 

 picked up and carried in. It will pay to sort in 

 the field as they are gathered, throwing the culls 

 — small potatoes and any that have been injured 



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