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shelves that will prevent them from coming 

 in contact with the cold^ damp cellar-bottom. 



If frost nips the tomato-vines before all 

 their fruit is fully ripened, pull them up and 

 hang them against a wall where the sun can 

 get at them. Hang blankets over them if 

 the nights are cold. Here they will ripen 

 as perfectly as on the vines in the garden, 

 and one can enjoy fresh fruit from them until 

 the coming of very cold weather. 



Before cold weather sets in go over the 

 garden, be it large or small, and gather up 

 ever}' bit of rubbish that can be found. 

 Pull up the dead plants and bmii them. 

 Store racks and trellises under cover for use 

 another season. If these are properly taken 

 care of they will last for several years, but 

 if left exposed to the storms of winter they 

 will be short-lived. 



Dig a quantity of parsnips and salsify to 

 be stored in the cellar for winter use. Co\"'er 

 the strawberry-bed with leaves or straw, 

 spreading lightly. Coarse litter from the 

 barn-yard is often used for this purpose, but 

 it is objectionable because of its containing 

 so many weed-seeds. 



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