l receive plenty of
| |sunshine.
| |
Garlic
|Should be thoroughly cured as are onions.
| |Or it may be braided by the tops into strings which are
| |hung up in dry places for curing and storing.
| |
Head Lettuce
|Rooted in earth in a cellar or cave.
| |Water occasionally.
| | |All you have in the garden.
| | |
Dry beans and peas
|Stored where protected from weevils.
| |Should be fully ripened before shelling. Pick pods by
| |hand as they ripen and spread pods to become thoroughly
| |dry. May be shelled by spreading pods on a sheet and
| |beating them with a stick. Can be cleaned by pouring
| |them from a height of 4 or 5 ft. upon a sheet and
| |allowing the wind to blow the particles of pod out of
| |them as they fall.
| | |As many as you can gather.
| | |
Apples
|Must be kept in a dry, cool place and so stored as to be in
|no danger of absorbing odors from vegetables stored nearby.
|Apples absorb odors from potatoes, onions, turnips and other
|strong vegetables.
| |Sort apples carefully removing and using at once all
| |fruit that is bruised and shows signs of decay. The best
| |results are obtained by wrapping each apple in half a
| |sheet of newspaper and storing in barrels, boxes, crates
| |or bins. The wrapping prevents apples from touching and
| |thus prevents decay. It also protects apples from odors
| |of vegetables stored nearby.
| | |As many barrels of apples as possible. Remember
| | |that "An apple a day will keep the doctor away."
| | | |The cellar or other storage place must be kept
| | | |cool. 32 deg. F. is ideal. Never allow temperature
| | | |to go above 40 deg. F. They can be stored
| | | |unwrapped in barrels, boxes, crates, bins,
| | | |etc., if proper attention is paid to sorting,
| | | |to providing a cool place for storage, to
| | | |occasional sorting during the winter and for
| | | |the immediate removal of all decayed fruit.
| | | |Even if you do not raise apples, but have a
| | | |good storage place, meeting the requirements
| | | |as regards temperature, you will find it
| | | |advantageous to buy a win