The Home Vegetable Garden 
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Cauliflower should be harvested as soon as the heads reach 
good size and before they begin to deteriorate. 
Cabbage and celery will stand some frost in the fall, but 
should be harvested before severe weather sets in. Late celery 
may be banked up where it stands in the field and left for a time, 
even after cold weather comes. 
Potatoes must be dug before there is any danger of the tubers 
freezing. Where the tubers grow close to the surface, they are 
sometimes hilled up slightly to prevent injury from light freezes. 
Immature potatoes will not keep well, so they should be left in the 
ground as late as is safe in order to allow them to ripen as well 
as possible. 
Parsnips may be left in the ground all winter if desired, but, 
owing to the difficulty of getting them out of the frozen ground, 
some should be dug in the fall and stored for use during the 
winter. 
STORING VEGETABLES FOR HOME USE 
It is to the interest of every family to grow each season a 
supply of those vegetables suitable for storage, and to see that 
they are properly stored for use during the winter months when 
prices are high and vegetables often hard to get. Storage is one 
of the important ways of conserving our food supply and it is to 
the interest not only of the family but of the nation as well. 
Less work and less expense are involved in storing vegetables 
than in keeping them by other methods, as canning, drying, and 
preserving, and the product retains it characteristic flavor much 
better. 
Planting for Storage .—When it is the plan to store a certain 
part of the crop, some of the kinds should be planted with this 
in mind. Beets and carrots, for instance, when planted for early 
use, become too tough and woody before fall to be desirable for 
storage purposes. They should be planted somewhat later in or¬ 
der to be of good quality for winter use. 
ROOT CROPS 
Potatoes 
Beets 
Carrots 
Parsnips 
Winter Radishes 
Turnips 
Rutabagas 
Salsify 
Kohl-rabi 
