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down in cold climates, and it may be well to 

 relate the method here, for the benefit of those 

 who occupy bleak locations. Late in fall, the 

 bushes are tipped over and covered. Three men 

 are generally employed to perform this labor. One 

 man goes ahead with a long-handled, round-pointed 

 shovel and digs the earth away six inches deep 

 from under the roots. The second man has a six- 



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fined or four-tined fork which he thrusts against 

 the plant a foot or so above the ground, and by 

 pushing upon the fork and stamping against the 

 roots with the foot, the plant is laid over in the 

 direction from which the earth was removed. The 

 third man now covers the plant with earth or 

 marsh hay. Earth is generally used, and if the 

 variety is a tender one the whole bush is covered 



