Cultural Directions. — 205 



and dr>', are packed in, as was illustrated on page 163. Tri- 

 angular frames of 2 b}- 4 scantling are then set upright into 

 the pit, one at each end only if pit is less than 8 or 9 feet long, 

 one additional in the centre for a pit of from 9 to 15 feet in 

 length ; and common 

 fence boards are nailed 

 to them, thus forming 

 something like a large 

 three-cornered crate 

 around the cabbages. 

 This is lightly covered 

 with straw, and 4 to 6 

 inches of soil upon 

 that. The ends need 

 only be stuffed with 

 dry straw, which will 

 give free access to the 

 contents of pit at any 

 time. I know of no simpler or better method than this. For 

 wintering a few dozen heads only, a barrel may be sunk into 

 the ground to the brim, filled with trimmed heads, covered 

 with dry forest leaves, chaff, etc., and a simple roof to exclude 



Midsummer. 

 rain and snow. The cellar under the dwelling house is, for sani^ 

 tary reasons, hardly a place for storing cabbages ; but a very few 

 after removal of the coarse outside leaves, may each be wrapped 

 in several thicknesses of common newspaper, so that only the 



