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season. From a commercial point of view 
one could likewise make mushroom cul¬ 
ture in this way a continuous process, and 
if the market price was bad at one season 
the returns would be evened up by the 
better prices obtained at another season. 
We kept a uniform temperature by the 
use of a thermometer, and in the spring of 
the year the beds, were all cleaned out and 
the room well aired through the summer. 
In the fall fresh beds were made on the 
shelves the same as at first. From a sani¬ 
tary or hygienic point of view mushroom 
culture in a part of the cellar cannot be 
considered bad if precautions such as 
above are observed with any degree of 
carefulness. 
A. S. Atkinson 
Some Garden Don’ts 
I N gardening it is almost as important to 
know what to avoid as what to do, al¬ 
though, of course, the list of items to be 
noted is much smaller. The following sim¬ 
ple “dont's,” which have grown out of the 
author's experience in the last few years, 
are important for beginners. 
Don't cover the strawberry patch in the 
fall until the ground has been frozen. It 
is alternate thawing and freezing that 
kills strawberries, and the covering in win¬ 
ter is, not to protect the ground from 
freezing, but rather to protect the surface 
from alternate freezing and thawing. In 
the spring, if one desires to hold back a 
part of his bed from early blooming, this 
may be done by leaving the covering on 
longer. 
Don't cut back growing raspberry 
bushes. So says a neighbor of mine, who 
has had many years’ experience with acres 
of different varieties. My own habit has 
been to cut back, so as to force out side 
shoots and thus secure the largest bearing 
surface. But my berries have been small 
and my neighbor insists that to divide the 
main branch is not only to divide the 
size of the berry, but to impoverish the 
quality as well. 
Don't be sparing of your celery until 
you have learned to store it successfully. 
Suggestions are numerous for keeping 
celery, but so many conditions enter into 
success that one usually has to learn by 
repeated failures. The surest way for the 
inexperienced to keep celery is to eat it; 
and I would suggest to all beginners that 
they start using their celery as soon as it 
is fit and eat all they want as long as it 
lasts, until by experience and by experi¬ 
menting with small quantities they have 
learned to preserve it successfully. Other¬ 
wise there will likely be many disappoint¬ 
ments, and a large portion of several 
celery crops may go to waste. 
Don't wait until spring to eat your par¬ 
snips. As everybody knows, parsnips are 
improved bv being frozen; but how to let 
parsnips stay in the ground all winter in 
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