PRACTICAL GARDENING 



have a shallow root system and need winter 

 protection. 



Stored Fruit. Pick over the fall varieties 

 of apples the last of the month and remove all 

 specked fruit. The late varieties will not have 

 to be handled until January. 



DECEMBER 



VEGETABLE GARDEN 



December's tasks in the vegetable garden 

 may seem less urgent but they are nevertheless 

 just as important as the work done in April 

 or May. 



South. In some sections of the country, 

 this month is truly an open month and the soil 

 easy to work. Low wrinkled peas, New Zea- 

 land spinach, endive, early Jersey Wakefield 

 cabbage, and white potatoes are sometimes 

 planted the last of the month and mulched. 

 They get an early start and are shipped north 

 five or six weeks before the northern crop is 

 ready. 



Asparagus and Rhubarb. This is the month 

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