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an outlet. Make doors at least 6 feet 6 inches high, 

 so you will not have to duck your head every time 

 you pass in or out. 



" Provide chutes similar to coal chutes so as to 

 chute the vegetables in. Do not carry them in by 

 hand. Provide ventilation. Have double doors, 

 and have them fit tight. I use the same latch as I 

 find on my large ice-box door. If you will faith- 

 fully follow these simple directions you will have a 

 successful home for storage for fruits and vege- 

 tables." 



ARTICHOKE, JERUSALEM 



The tubers of this sunflower-like plant are far 

 less highly esteemed than they should be in home 

 gardens. The plants will thrive in any good soil 

 without any cultivation. They need only be held 

 within bounds. Each year they will reproduce 

 from the small tubers left in the ground at digging, 

 A plot 10 feet square will be sufficient for a win- 

 ter's supply for each member of the family, or at 

 least one dish weekly between October and April. 

 It is best that the tubers be allowed to remain in 

 the ground and taken up with a pickax as needed. 

 In order to make this work light, it is desirable 

 that the soil be covered with straw so as to pre- 

 vent deep freezing. The tubers are usually scal- 

 loped or boiled and served with cream sauce. They 

 are particularly delicate and well worth the atten- 

 tion of every housewife. They must not be al- 

 lowed to shrivel, as they lose their flavor in this 

 treatment. 



A writer in the American Agriculturist says that 

 " Tubers can be secured through any of the large 

 seed houses in early spring. They may be planted 



