PRACTICAL GARDENING 



crops should have a heavy mulch of manure 

 before the last of the month. Fall grass and 

 other weeds should be removed from the as- 

 paragus bed before covering the plants for win- 

 ter. 



Storage Pit. This is the month to pit or 

 store beets, carrots, parsnips, salsify, rutabaga 

 and turnips. All root crops to be used during 

 the winter should be removed from the garden 

 before the soil freezes. 



A Fall Drive. If your garden has been 

 overrun with quack grass this is the month to 

 spade or plow it. Leave the clods in the 

 rough so that the winter weather may have a 

 chance to destroy the roots of this much hated 

 weed. This practice also destroys many in- 

 sects that have hibernated in the soil. 



FRUITS AND BERRIES 



"Fruit Harvest. Pick Baldwins, Northern 

 Spies, and Rhode Island Greenings before the 

 hard frosts set in. A light frost does not in- 

 jure these varieties. Never pick them on wet 



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