Winter Storage 



is the live germ only that is important, all the 

 onion body is formed anew. Where there is a 

 hanging shelf in a cellar that is dry and warm 

 the onions can often be wintered there success- 

 fully. 



WINTER SQUASH 



Require a rather warm and dry situation; the 

 cellar rarely affords the right conditions for win- 

 tering them successfully. An upstairs room or 

 garret where a chimney passes through is often 

 just the thing for them as they may be piled in a 

 heap near the chimney, with layers of excelsior 

 or straw between, and protected with blankets or 

 quilts and so pass the winter in good condition. 

 From such a storage I have taken perfectly 

 sound, dry Hubbards in mid-June and March 

 squash are by no means a rarity. 



BEETS 



May be dug any time before the ground 

 freezes up; the shorter time any vegetable has 

 to remain in cold storage the better for it, so 

 if not brought in until about Thanksgiving the 



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