Home Storage of Vegetables 



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Storage in pens. Cabbage, celery, pe-tsai, endive, 

 cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts may be stored in pens. 

 The plants are pulled or dug, leaving some earth on the 

 roots, and reset rather closely in a bed about 3 feet wide. 

 A frame of poles or boards is made about the bed, and 

 boards or poles are laid across the top, completing the 

 pen. Earth is banked about the sides, and the top is 

 covered with straw, leaves, or dirt as the severity of 

 the winter may require. Supplies may be taken from one 

 end as needed. 



FIGS. 187 and 188. Storing vegetables in the ground. The cabbages are set 

 head down in a trench and the earth filled in about them. Boxes of root vege- 

 tables are placed in a pit. Straw is laid over the top of them, and the earth will 

 then be mounded up over the straw. Vegetables should be stored below the 

 level of the ground only where the soil is loose and well drained. 



