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kettle. Garden beets, in like manner, lose considerable of their sweetness 

 if allowed to stand long between time of pulling and cooking. Many of 

 the garden vegetables suffer loss in a similar way. 



Storage of Vegetables. — The character of storage that will give best 

 results depends on the nature of the vegetable. Most vegetables, such as 

 cabbage, root crops, potatoes and apples, keep best when stored under fairly 

 dry conditions with some ventilation and a low temperature. The tempera- 

 ture cannot be too low so long as freezing is avoided. Low temperatures 

 prevent the development of most fungous and bacterial activities which 

 are directly responsible for various forms of decay. 



There are a few T of the vegetables, such as sweet potatoes and squash, 

 that keep better at a temperature of about 50° F. 



Literature. — The skilful gardener is always on the lookout for new 

 ideas and new suggestions that will enable him to improve his garden from 

 year to year. Many books have been published and a number of the 

 experiment stations have issued bulletins dealing with the home lot. The 

 following are a few references: 



'Home Vegetable Gardening," by F. F. Rockwell. 



'The Home Garden," by Eben E. Rexford. 



' The Vegetable Garden," by Ida D. Bennett. 



'Vegetable Gardening," by R. L. Watts. 



' How to Make a Vegetable Garden," by Edith Loring Fullerton. 



' Book of Vegetables," by Allen French. 



' Manual of Gardening," by L. H. Bailey. 



' Vegetables for Home and Exhibition." Beckett. 



' Garden Making." Bailey. 



' Principles of Vegetable Gardening." Bailey. 



' Farm and Garden Ride Book." 



' The Home Vegetable Garden." Farmers' Bulletin No. 255. 



' The Home Garden in the South." Farmers' Bulletin 647., 



' Hotbeds and Cold-frames." Cornell Reading-Course Bulletin No. 30. 



' Home-Garden Planning." Cornell Reading-Course Bulletin No. 34. 



' Planting the Home Vegetable Garden." Cornell Reading-Course Bulletin No. 58. 



•Summer Work in the Home Garden." Cornell Reading-Course Bulletin No. 92, and 



others. 

 ' The Home Vegetable Garden." Illinois Circular No. 154. 

 ' Farmer's Home Garden." West Virginia Bulletin No. 122. 

 'The Farmer's Vegetable Garden." Illinois Bulletin No. 105. 



