Winter Storage 



weather the heat can get under the potatoes and 

 raise the temperature in the bottom of the bins as 

 well as on the top. 



When the potatoes are in the bins they must 

 be covered to exclude light and prevent their 

 turning green. The potatoes should be exam- 

 ined occasionally during winter to be sure that 

 none are decaying or being affected by frost. As 

 a general thing potatoes are not frosted if the 

 skin crackles when the finger nail is pressed into 

 it, but slight touches of frost sometimes do not 

 affect the crispness of the skin but is shown by the 

 potatoes becoming wet after lying for a while in 

 a warm room, or by a sweetish taste when cooked. 

 At that stage they are not injured for food but 

 are less palatable and are liable to develop a queer 

 fungus blight in the center. As spring ap- 

 proaches the potatoes will begin growth at the 

 eyes-sprout, as it is called, and should be looked 

 over and all growth rubbed off. This will prob- 

 ably have to be done more than once as the season 

 advances. 



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