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 
storage, period, November 30 January 1, Feb¬ 
ruary 22, and April 1. If they are in good 
condition they can be packed away again, 
but if +hey have started to decay, cut off all 
the decayed parts and apply powdered sul¬ 
phur 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 cold storage closets of 
such cellars where more or less heat will get 
in, the following treatment has proved suc¬ 
cessful. The bulbs when dug should be plac¬ 
ed at once in shallow boxes (if the earth isn’t 
to 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 other, be sure to put wooden 
braces between the boxes, to prevent resting 
tightly on top. Circulation of air is necess¬ 
ary to keep the moisture escaping from the 
tubers. 
You can see that the keeping of bulbs 
rests wholly with the individual and his cellar 
conditions. The atmosphere in every cellar 
is different, even with the same heat. If 
you have had success your way in storing, 
my advice is, don’t change. But if you have 
not had good luck keeping bulbs, try one of 
the other ways. Bulbs can be successfully 
wintered if you find out your celar conditions 
then treat them by the method suggested. 
Remember, if one man can keep 4 hem over 
the winter, you too should be able to do the 
same. 
Yours for better luck in storing. 
