| | | |If the freeze ceases and there is a spell of | | | |warmer weather open the ends slightly for | | | |ventilation.  When the celery is first stored | | | |in the trenches the soil about the roots of | | | |the celery should be watered and and if the | | | |weather is dry after the celery is put in the | | | |trenches, pour some water around the roots to | | | |keep the celery crisp and fresh. | | | | 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. | | | | Salsify or Vegetable Oyster |Pack roots in box with moist sand in cellar or as they are |not injured by remaining in the ground all winter they can be |left there.  Enough for immediate use may be dug in the autumn |and the others dug as desired. | |When stored in the cellar after the salsify is pulled, | |trim off the tops and then stand them in an upright