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BULLETIN 1242, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
the cabbage and the shelf above. In general, the shelf method of 
storage is considered the most desirable. When taken out for sale 
the heads are trimmed to solid, fresh-looking cabbage, with the 
outside leaves removed by cutting around the stem. 
Fig. 15.— Cabbage may be stored for short periods, during mild weather, in shallow pits covered with straw. 
By dealers. — Large quantities of Danish-type cabbage are placed in 
commercial storage houses in the producing areas (fig. 16) or are nut 
into warehouses in the market centers. The storage season begins 
in November after freezing weather has permanently set in and 
continues until March. 
Fig. 16. -Commercial storage bouse for cabbaf 
These storage houses are more or loss frost-proof in construction and 
arc fitted with ventilators in the root' and along the walls at the ground. 
A driveway runs through the center of the house with a row of bins 
along each side. These bins arc commonly 3 to -1 feet wide, separated 
by double-slatted partitions and so constructed as to give about (> 
