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In storing vegetables, a few things need an exceptionally dry and 

 warm place, such as a corner of the attic near the chimney. The stor- 

 age room must be perfectly clean. Get it ready early. Some folks like 

 to provide containers to hold the different fruits or vegetables and so 

 make them easy to handle. Some vegetables demand a free circulation 

 of air about them, while others must be kept barely moist by some 

 packing material. Ordinary cracker boxes and slatted vegetable or 

 "Onion" crates, each of which holds about a bushel, level full, are cheap, 

 clean and convenient, and can be obtained at any grocery store. The 

 boxes are also excellent for keeping Apples and other fruit, and for 

 packing root crops such as Parsnips, Salsify, Turnips, Beets, Carrots 

 and Winter Radishes in sand or sphagnum moss, and also for packing 

 Celery for Winter. Slatted crates are good for Onions, Squash, Cab- 

 bage, and for handling Tomatoes, Melons, Egg-plant and so forth, 

 which can be kept for some weeks in a cool place. Directions for storing 

 and heirvesting the individual crops are given in paragraphs that 

 follow, but the fuller general information is given in this paragraph 

 on storage. 



SOWING AND PLANTING TABLE 



Apart 

 Vegetables ia Rows 



Asparagus 1 ft. 



Beans (early) 3-4 in. 



Beans (wax) 3-4 in. 



Beans (lima) 4-6 in. 



Beans (pole) 4 ft. 



Beans (pole lima) ... 4 ft. 



Beets (early) 4-6 in. 



Beets (late) 4-6 in. 



Brussels Sprouts. ... 18 in. . 



Cabbage (early) 18 in. 



Cabbage (late) 18 in. 



Carrots (early) 3-4 in. 



Carrota (late) 2-4 in. 



Cauliflower (early). . 18 in. 



Cauliflower (late) ... 2 ft. 



Celery 2-3 in. 



Com (early). 3 ft. 



Com (main crop) ... 4 ft. 



Cucuinbers 4 ft. 



Eggplant 2 ft. 



Endive 12 in. 



Lettuce 12 in. 



Leek 3-4 in. 



Melons, Musk 4-6 ft. 



Melons, Water 6-8 ft. 



Onion 2-3 in. 



Parsley 4-6 in. 



