PRACTICAL GARDENING 



OCTOBER 



The Vegetables 



Potato. Dig the potatoes before the ground 

 is frozen. Sort out the bruised ones and use 

 them first. Small potatoes may be boiled and 

 fed to the chickens. Do not store the small, 

 immature tubers with the ones selected for 

 table use. Throw out all potatoes that are 

 diseased except those that may have a little 

 scab on the skin. Expose the tubers to the 

 air and sun long enough to have them dry be- 

 fore storing. If piled while wet there is dan- 

 ger of soft rot. Do not allow the potatoes to 

 be exposed to the sun for several days. It 

 has a tendency to spoil the flavor and in some 

 cases the tuber becomes poisonous. 



Late Celery. Before digging the celery, 

 prepare the cold frame in which it may be 

 stored by digging out the center so that after 

 the plants are set close together, there will be 

 a space of six inches above the plants to the 

 top of the frame. Pack a little sand about the 

 roots as the plants are set and protect the tops 



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