Saving the Tender Vegetables. When frost first 

 touches peppers, egg plant, tomatoes, etc., gather the crop 

 and store in a dry cool place. Placing in boxes between 

 layers of sawdust will prevent shrivelling. Pumpkins and 

 squash like heat and must be kept dry. Alongside the 

 chimney in the attic or behind the kitchen range makes an 

 ideal storage for vine crops 



Storing Celery. Store celery in trenches, lifting the 

 plants with considerable root and packing them quite closely 

 together in a trench made about 1 ft. deep. It can be done 

 between two rows of celery leaving the outside rows undis- 

 turbed. Mound up the soil to turn the water and place 

 sufficient covering on top to prevent frost striking through 



STORING 



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STOREHOUSE 



Covering Late Sowings. Cover late sowings of spinach, 

 turnips and other hardy vegetables intended for wintering 

 but wait until a crust is formed on the ground by the frost. 

 Apply a light covering of leaves or litter which can be kept in 

 place with corn stalks or pine boughs. Peas, onions, and rad- 

 ishes are improved in yield and earliness by this method of 

 handling 



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Dry Storage of Root Crops. Store carrots and beets in 

 the cellar. If a cool cellar is not available the roots will of 

 necessity shrivel in storage and become proportionately 

 tough. Therefore place the roots in boxes with layers of sand 

 between to exclude the air. Use sand free of loam and not 

 wet; a moderate amount of moisture is helpful but excess leads 

 to decay 



No reason to lose the results of the year's 



labors e^en if $ou have neither cellar 



nor shed. The good old earth 



that gave the $ie\d will 



keep it 



Photographs and Descriptions by 

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Storing Cabbage for Winter. Select the best heads 

 and pull out by the roots. Place upside down in a trench 

 about 2 ft. deep and wide enough to accommodate. Fill in 

 the trench and mound up to turn the water. A covering of 

 leaves or litter after a crust is formed is advised, not for pro- 

 tection but to facilitate the opening of the trench when de- 

 siring to get the contents 



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Storing Ruta Bagas and Turnips. These are 

 absolutely hardy and freezing improves texture and 

 taste. Place in trenches or simply in a pile and cover 

 with sail hay or leaves. It is advisable to put some- 

 thing over the top to turn the water 



Preparing the Root Chops. As cold weather approaches gather all the 

 root crops starting with the beets and carrots and finishing with the parsnip 

 and turnip which will stand severe freezing. Dig the roots, do not pull. Re- 

 move top close to the root (except beet, where a little top should be left to 

 prevent bleeding). It is much easier to twist the top off than to use a knife. 



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Outside Storage of Root Crops. "Hardy 'J root 

 crops will keep in trenches in the open ground. Keep 

 each type in separate baskets or boxes, or in groups in 

 the bottom of the trench with boards or leaves between. 

 Cover with leaves or straw before mounding 



