Fall Work in the Garden 



Wire trellises, poles and wires used for the 

 training of peas, tomatoes, cucumbers and the 

 like should now be removed and stored away for 

 next year. All boxes, boards or sash that can 

 harbor insects or the chrysalids of cabbage or 

 other worms, should be raised, cleaned and re- 

 moved. 



The winter treatment of the garden will de- 

 pend upon conditions that have existed during 

 summer. If the garden has been free from in- 

 sects and disease it will have been a good plan to 

 sow the entire area to rye for a cover crop 

 during winter, to be turned under for green 

 manure in the spring. This protects the ground 

 from leaching during winter, especially if the 

 winter should be open, and adds materially to 

 the fertility of the soil, but if there has been 

 trouble with insects and disease it will be better 

 to fall-plough, leaving the ground in furrows so 

 that as many as possible of the chrysalids and 

 larvae of the various plant enemies may be de- 

 stroyed. 



If onion seed has been sown in August for 

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