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quarters the trenches before the end of November. 

 Put away thus late, it will keep usually without the loss 

 of a root until March or April, when it is always scarce 

 and high in price. The great difficulty most persons have 

 is from stowing it away and covering it up too early ; 

 this practice of earthing it up to the top roughly in 

 November we have only recently practised, but find the 

 extra labor well repaid, as we are enabled thus to save 

 this very valuable crop without loss. There is rarely 

 need of applying any covering of leaves or litter to the 

 trenches this month, and it cannot be too often told that 

 the covering up of vegetables of all kinds in winter 

 quarters should be delayed to the very last moment that 

 it is safe to do so. Beets, Carrots, Cabbages and Cauli- 

 flowers must be dug up and secured this month in the 

 manner recommended in " Preserving Vegetables in 

 Winter." Horseradish, Salsify and Parsnips, being en- 

 tirely hardy and frost proof, need not necessarily be 

 dug, although from the danger of their being frozen in 

 the ground next month, if time will permit the work 

 had better be progressing. 



All clear ground should be dug or plowed, and prop- 

 erly leveled, so that on the opening of spring operations 

 can be begun with as little delay as possible. If draining 

 is required this is the most convenient time to do it, the 

 ground being clear and not yet much frozen. 



Towards the end of the month the sashes should be 

 put on the Cabbage and Lettuce plants in cold nights, 

 but on no account should they be kept on in day-time, 

 as it is of the utmost importance that they be not made 

 tender at this time by being " drawn" under the sashes. 

 I may again repeat that these plants are half hardy, and 

 it is killing them with kindness to protect them from 

 slight freezing. Cabbage and Lettuce plants may be ex- 

 posed in any place without glass or other protection 

 where the thermometer runs no lower than ten above 



