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Cabbage
|Can be wrapped in paper with the outer leaves left on for
|immediate use and stored in ventilated barrels or large
|crates in the cellar. But as few cellars are cool enough to
|keep cabbage in good condition it is more advisable to store
|it in a long shallow pit in the garden.
| |Is not injured by moderate frost while in the pit but
| |should not be disturbed while frozen. The pit should be
| |long and narrow. Pull the cabbage, stem, root and all,
| |and then laid with heads down about 3 heads in width can
| |be placed in the pit. Cover lightly with soil and as the
| |weather becomes colder add a little more soil until
| |there is a layer 6 or 7 inches thick over the cabbage.
| |Keep the ends of the pit partially open for ventilation
| |until the weather becomes very cold.
| | |25 heads.
| | | |Late varieties of cabbage are the only ones
| | | |fit for storage. It is advisable to dig a
| | | |shallow ditch around the pit so that all
| | | |surplus water can be carried off.
| | | |
Chickory or Endive
|Store in a box or bed of moist sand in the cellar. Put roots
|in an upright position with the sand coming just to their
|tops. Water the sand occasionally. Sometimes a covering of
|straw is added to blanch the tender growth of shoots, which
|is the part used as food.
| |Late in the fall lift the roots out and carefully trim
| |off the leaves without injury to the heart.
| | |5 doz. roots.
| | | |Chickory or endive is grown the same as
| | | |carrots or salsify. It is useful in the winter
| | | |for it furnishes the needed green that is so
| | | |scarce in winter.
| | | |
Beets
|Must not be placed in too large piles in the cellar as they
|are inclined to mold. Can also be buried in pits in open
|ground.
| |Can remain in the ground until very cool weather; then
| |should be pulled, the tops cut off and then stored in
| |the cellar.
| | |1 bushel.
| | | |Beets are not so much inclined to shrivel as
| | | |carrots.
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Salsify or Vegetable Oyster
|Pack roots in box with moist sand in cellar or as they are
|not injured by remaining in the ground al