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expected when they can be kept in a house built for the purpose, 

 in which the temperature is uniform and the air fairly moist. 

 When stored out of doors, they are likely to freeze and thaw 

 alternately; and if the water runs into the heads, mischief 

 results. Sometimes they are easily stored by being piled into 

 a conical heap on well-drained soil and covered with dry straw, 



189. A fruit storage house cooled by ice. 



and the straw covered with boards. It does not matter if 

 they are frosted, provided they do not thaw out frequently. 

 Sometimes cabbages are laid head down in a shallow furrow 

 plowed in well-drained land, and over them is thrown straw, 

 the stumps being allowed to project through the cover. It is 

 only in winters of rather uniform temperature that good results 

 are to be expected from such methods. These are some of the 

 main considerations involved in the storing of such things as 

 cabbage; the subject is mentioned again in the discussion of 

 cabbage on page 470; also pages 513, 515. 



