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HOME STORAGE— SEED SAVING 
dry place, and so stored as to be in no danger 
of absorbing odors from vegetables stored 
nearby. 
Families raising no apples, but having a 
good storage place, meeting the require- 
ments as to temperature, will find it advan- 
tageous to buy a winter’s supply in the 
fall, when prices are low. The cost of pur- 
chases thus made will be considerably less 
than if apples are bought as needed during 
the winter. 
To store, sort apples carefully, removing 
and using at once all fruit which is bruised 
or shows signs of decay. The best results 
are secured by wrapping each apple in half 
a sheet of newspaper and storing in barrels, 
boxes, crates or bins. The wrapping pre- 
vents the apples from touching each other 
and thus prevents the spread of decay which 
may start. It also protects the apples from 
odors if vegetables are stored nearby. Apples 
absorb odors freely from potatoes, onions, 
turnips and other vegetables and should never 
be stored, unwrapped, in the same room with 
vegetables of any kind. In addition to wrap- 
ping the individual apples it is desirable to 
line the barrel or other container with a half 
inch thickness of newspapers, on the bottom 
and sides, and then cover the top with news- 
papers and either nail a cover on or tie the 
papers securely with strings. This will keep 
odors out. The lining and covering give 
full protection and make it possible to store 
apples in the general cellar storage room. 
Remember that the cellar or other place 
in which they are stored must be cool. A 
temperature of 32 degrees F. is ideal, and 
the temperature should not be allowed to go 
above 40 degrees if it can be held this low. 
Apples may be stored unwrapped in bar- 
rels, boxes, crates or bins if proper atten- 
tion is paid to sorting, to providing a cool 
place for storage and to occasional sort- 
ing during the winter, for the removal of 
possible decayed fruit. If any of the fruit 
in any container is found to have begun 
to decay all the apples in all the containers 
should be sorted at once and decaying fruit 
removed. Apples stored unwrapped must 
not be kept in the room with vegetables. 
SAVE NEXT YEAR’S SEED FROM THIS YEAR’S GARDEN 
Owners of gardens will find that the saving 
of seed from this year’s gardens will be of 
great help for next year’s planting. While 
it is more satisfactory, ordinarily, to purchase 
seed from reliable dealers 
the increased planting of 
home gardens, the poor 
crop of seed, the decrease 
of foreign importation, 
the exporting of certain 
seed to Europe and the 
use of certain kinds for 
food have caused a short- 
age and, as an emergency 
measure, each gardener 
should save as much seed 
as possible. 
Saving of seed is easily 
done, though it requires 
care and attention. In 
saving seed select them 
from plants of a single 
variety grown by itself 
if possible, rather than 
from plants where more 
than one variety have 
been planted. Where there are two or 
more varieties of the same vegetable 
growing side by side, cross fertilization 
takes place and standard seed cannot be 
obtained. It is well to learn all the features 
which make up the most desirable type of 
variety of vegetable from which seed is to 
be saved. Seed saved where it is grown has 
two advantages. For one thing more careful 
selection can be given than is possible for all 
seed placed on the market. Another advan- 
tage is that plants from this seed will succeed 
best under local conditions. 
Select seed plants which are free from 
disease, which show a vigorous growth, a 
good yield and quality, and mature early. 
Mark selected plants with string. Plants 
selected for seed should be given especially 
careful cultivation and 
every effort should be 
made to promote their 
full development. When 
seed is ripe harvest with 
care. 
Seed properly stored, 
with the exception of 
parsnip and onion, 
should retain vitality 
from 2 to 5 years. Thus 
enough seed may be 
saved from a good crop 
to tide over the poor 
years. 
SEED MATURING IN 
ONE YEAR 
Some of the seed de- 
sirable for saving be- of 1 hiJgtag seed <S 
cause they mature in to dry. 
one year are: 
Beans — Select the best plants and let the 
pods mature. Pull up plants preferably in 
Fig. 10 — In selecting 
corn to be saved for 
seed, choose the most 
perfect ears. 
