; GURNEY'S, PLANTING. MAGAZINE—GURNEY SEED, & NURSERY. CO., YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA 
_ WINTER STORAGE OF VEGETABLE CROPS 
Make Your Garden Pay Out 12 Months of the Year 

~- Root «crops that are to ib 
before killing frost. 
Basement An unheated basement is an excellent place for carrots, beets, 
‘ § ‘parsnips, salsify, and other reot ‘crops, as well..as for potatoes, 
; In a heated basement .a room, preferably on the north or west, may be walleq off 
-with concrete, tightly fitted lumber insulated: with building paper, or with wall- 
board (1). The ceiling needs to be insulated. There must 
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e stored should mature to idea] condition by or shortly 
‘ be at least one window. 
d-air duct, and one of the panes is hinged so that it can 
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S| INSULATION 
]. LINING: 
Sandhex A sandbox (3) is a great help in storing 
ww An carrots, beets, parsnips, and salsify, which 
ary out easily. Putting potatoes in sand does not help 
to keep them. When there is no ‘basement, the sandbox 
may be placed on a shaded porch or under it or in .a ga- 
rage or shed until freezing weather comes. If sand cannot 
‘be secured, fine moist soil can be used, or the vegetables 
may be stored for a:short time in crocks or cans covered 
to retain moisture. 
> 
Vegetable : Quantities of reot crops and po- 
=~ § tatoes may be stored in what is 
known asa “vegetable pit.” This “pit” is in reality a 
mound, The vegetables are placed in a cone-shaped pile 
on the ground and covered with a layer of straw and 
enough soil to hold the «straw in place (5). A pipe or tile 
ais placed on the top of the pile to allow excess heat and 
“pipe or tile is removed and more soil is put on the fr 
iy there as, a layer 6 to 8 inches thick. vies : 
-er threatens, the entire pit is covered with cornstalks, 
_ straw, leaves, or similar material. \ 
see j ae After vegetables are 
z : taken out, the space 
should be filled ‘with 
straw or similar mate- 
rial so that the «mound 
will keep its shape, and 
@ll the covering must 
‘be carefully replaced 
to keep the mound 
frostproof. 










5 ind a SI Bae Cabbage can also be stored in- 
OOF orage. doors on racks the same as on- 
fons. When this is done, the heads are cut from the stalks 
dn the field and all loose outer leaves trimmed off. Cab- 
page stored indoors must be watchéd carefully and. any 
heads that start to rot removed or they will “smell wp 

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‘moisture to escape. When freezing weather comes, the 
ero weatn- 

be opened to let 
warm air escape 
(2). 
To keep the air 
in. the storage 
room moist, wa- 
ter may be sprin- 
kled on a dirt 
floor or a tayer 
of sand put on a 
cement floor. An- 
other way is. to 
put iin the room a 
-bucket of water 
with a frayed 
rope in it to act 
as a wick from 
which water 
evaporates, 3 



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Sunken Barr : The sunken barrel provides an 
aah ; q 2 easy, economical, and efficient 
way ‘to store potatoes and the root crops. It can also be 
used for cabbage stored by itself. A pit is @ug so that 
the barrel may be stood upright, set at an angle, or laid 
on its side. If mo barrel is available, ia ‘box or lange drain- 
age tile can be used but water must be kept out. The bar- 
rel is left open at first to allow heat and moisture to «es- 
cape, a light covering of straw or other material being 
placed over the top layer of vegetables. When cold weath 
er comes, the jid is closed and covered with enough straw, 
soil and cornstalks or similar material to keep the vege- 
: tables from freezing. 
(4) The barrel should 
be placed in a sheltered 
location. 
Cabbage ‘that 
is to be stored 
be pulled up by the roots when the heads 
are mature a solid, Wrap large leaves around heads 
and pile them |two or three deep with the roots up (6) 
Cover with ec. pugh straw and soil to prevent alternate 
freezing and thawing. Cornstalks or like material can be 
used instead if ‘the 
straw. - 
If not mixed with 
ether vegetables, 
cabbage can be stor- 
ed in a sunken bar- 
rel (4). 
Cabbage--Ouidoor Storage. 
outdoors should 

Looks Like Hybrid Grop 
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2 Meine “anion “new retail store arrangement here at Yank- 
my fae rekgirmes babi the size of our old store, and we now have ample ‘facil- 
arth ay ‘i hore ur friends who come in to ‘shop. Come gee us at our new “retail 
2 home”. i pee 
Best advice ‘we can give you here at 
Yankton is to get your Hybrid reserva- 
tions in early. This has been a late sea- 
son. A lot of seed crops all over the 
Midwest and North were ruined by the 
early spring rains, and the crop is DEF- 
INITELY short. So get your orders, or 
at least your reservations, in early. If 
you have spoken for your corn this fall 
you know you'll have it—and just the 
number and grade you want. Next 
Spring might be too late to get ANY 
corn, or too late to get a choice of num- 
ber and grade. 
_ Likes to Get Free Gifts 
With Gurney Orders 
“Dear Gurney’s: I want to thank you 
for the gift you sent with our order. 
Gardens are late. this year, but ours 
will come through OK. We are well 
pleased with Gurney’s seeds.”—Paul Cun- 
nihaw, Le Mars, Iowa. 
Thinks Earlibell Tomato 
is the Best 
“Dear Gurney’s: We ordered three 
pkts. of Earlibell "Tomato seeds and we 
found them ‘to be the best tomato we 
ever had. They were large and ripened 
early.”’—Joseph Boyle, Rochester, New 
Hampshire. 



“friends: When I say your good 
stock grows better and produces 
under all conditions, I’m speaking 
from experience of many ‘years, 
‘The enclosed photo is of my moth- 
er. The solid rows of trees behind 
ther are Chimese Elms that stood 
the freeze that Killed practically 
every ‘Chinese Elm in this area in 
1942. People who saw them this 
summer can’t believe their eyes. 
Same for our orchard. Your trees 
just seem to be able to stand cold.” 
—Mr. ©. Walberg, Rt. 4, Fosston, 
Minnesota. 
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Well Pleased With Gurney 
Seed After 14 Years 
“Dear Gurney’s: Enclosed is my order 
for garden seed. I have used your seed 
for 14 years, and have.planted a Gur- 
ney garden from the first year I was 
married. . 
“I wish you could see my cellar when 
I finish canning in the fall.-iLast year 
after I canned all I needed, I canned 
what I had left for a friend in the coun- 
try. I never can less than 160 qts. of 
tomatoes, and I had 55 qts. of peas (Big 
Dakota). 
“We just bought our own home here 
in Elkton and I'll be ordering trees and 
hardy shrubs before Jong. I’m getting 
all of tt from ‘Gurney’s. If you have any 
‘articles ‘on when and how to plant nurs- 
ery, I’d appreciate them.”"—Mrs, Frank 
A. Bolte, Elkton, South Dakota. 
Fall Planted Nursery Gets 
6 Extra Months Growth 
If you ‘have ever ‘wondered about the 
advantages of fall planting, this head- 
line should convince you, for nursery 
stocks really does get an extra six 
months of prowth if planted in the fall. 
What is more it gets itself established 
to be ready for quick and fast growth 
in the spring. This does not. go for all 
nursery stock, of course, It is poor sense 
to plant materials that might winter kilL 
Everything listed in this magazine can 
be planted in the fall-with the best as- 
surance that it will ‘survive the ‘winter, 
and be ready for real growing in the 
spring. 
Prize a Surprise 
“Dear Friends: I ‘was -pleasantly sur- 
prised when I received your letter tell- 
ing me I had won a prize. I had not 
expected anything. It’s ,the first. time 
I ever won a prize. I’m sure ]’]l, enjoy 
the flowers very much, because I always 
try to have a few every year, I hope 
that Gurney’s will always be able to 
serve its community as well as it has in 
the past.’—Mrs. John Davelaar, Jr., 
Sioux City, Towa. 
Subscription is Free To 
Gurney’s Magazine 
We send Gurney’s Planting Magazine, 
both spring and fall, to all our -custo- 
mers. It’s your magazine and we hope 
you will contribute to it by sending in 
pictures and letters, Tell us about your 
garden problems, so Wwe can pass on 
your success to other Gurney customers. 
And when you send in pictures, remem- 
ber we pay a dollar for them when they 
are used. 
Get Years of Bloom 
Out of Gurney Tulips 
Every tulip bulb you buy at. Gurney’s 
is the choice BLOOMING SIZE and will 
not just bloom one season, but for years 
to ‘come. 
You can leave your tulips right in the 
ground for several years without disturb- 
ing them and they will come back the 
next spring and give you more bloom. 
Or, if you wish, you may dig your bulbs 
each summer (after the foliage has turn- 
ed brown and dried up) and store in a 
cool dry place until fall when you get 
them out again, Either way is all right. 
