bulbs are stored. Generally the old-fashioned, 
dirt bottom cellar, without heat of any kind, 
is almost perfect. About the only care for 
these bulbs is to pile on the floor and cover 
with burlap bags if they show any signs of 
wrinkling or drying up. 
In a cellar with a small amount of heat, 
pack the bulbs in boxes or barrels lined with 
newspaper, and cover top with more paper. 
Watch for a few weeks after packing, and 
if they start to mildew near crown, take off 
top paper and give the moisture, which is 
always coming out of the clumps, a chance to 
escape. 
In a cellar of 45 degrees or 50 degrees, or 
warmer, with cement bottom and heater, the 
bulbs will need more protection from the hot, 
dry air. Pack in shallow boxes, about 8 
inches high (vegetable bushel boxes are per¬ 
fect), and cover with shavings or sawdust. 
Look at the bulbs four times during the stor¬ 
age period, November 30, January 1, February 
22, and April 1. If they are in good condi¬ 
tion, they can be packed away again, but if 
they have started to decay, cut off all the de¬ 
cayed parts and apply powdered sulphur or air 
slacked lime to the parts that have been cut. 
In a very warm, dry cellar with cement 
floor, where the temperature goes from 45 to 
65 and even in the cold storage closets of such 
cellars where more or less heat will get in, the 
following treatment has proved successful. 
The bulbs when dug should be placed at once 
in shallow boxes (if the earth isn’t too wet or 
soggy.) Do not shake the dirt from the 
clump and, after placing in the box, fill in with 
more loam, not too deep, about 6 inches. Set 
boxes on or near the floor. If lack of space 
compels you to place boxes on top of each oth¬ 
er, be sure to put wooden braces between the 
boxes, to prevent resting tightly on top. Cir¬ 
culation of air is necessary to keep the mois¬ 
ture escaping from the tubers. 
You can see that the keeping of bulbs rests 
wholly with the individual and his cellar con¬ 
ditions. The atmosphere in every cellar is dif¬ 
ferent, even with the same heat. If you have 
had success your way in storing, my advice 
is, don’t change. But if you haven’t had good 
luck keeping bulbs, try one of the other ways. 
Bulbs can be successfully wintered if you find 
out your cellar conditions, then treat them by 
the methods suggested. Remember, if one 
man can keep them over the winter, you too 
should be able to do the same. 
Yours for better luck in storing. 
