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cover and show no injury. It is even possible for 

 heads to become frozen solid and come out in good 

 condition, but this rarely occurs, and requires that 

 the thawing take place in the most favorable 

 manner possible. Cutting the frozen heads with 

 their leaves, throwing them in shallow heaps upon 

 the ground, and covering with straw, will sometimes 

 bring them out in good condition; also throwing 

 them into water but little above the freezing point. 

 The safest way, however, if possible, is to cook the 

 heads at once, putting the frozen heads directly 

 into boiling water. Treated in this manner they 

 exhibit little or no effect of the freezing. 



The safest way, in case heavy freezing is appre- 

 hended, is to cut and remove to a place of safety 

 all heads which have attained half their size or 

 more. 



CUTTING THE HEADS. 



The frequency of cutting will depend on the 

 season of the year. In summer, the heads will re- 

 main at the proper stage for cutting no more than 

 a day or two, while late in autumn they may often 

 be left a week before becoming overgrown. 



Frequent cutting is at all times desirable, how- 

 ever, as it is best to let the heads get as large as 

 they will before becoming loose and warty. The 

 gain in size not only increases their selling price, 

 but the flavor also appears to improve as the heads 



