|considering maturity.
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Carrots
|Are best stored in sand in cellars, caves or pits; or in
|tightly covered boxes or crocks. Must be kept cold and
|evaporation must be prevented, for otherwise they become
|wilted.
| |Can remain in the ground until the weather is quite
| |cool; then be pulled, the tops cut off and then stored.
| | |1 to 3 bus.
| | | |If you store carrots in the cellar and it is
| | | |extremely dry cover them with a little
| | | |moistened sand.
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Celery
|May be rooted in earth in a cellar or cave and if watered
|occasionally will keep fresh until Christmas. The soil, earth
|or sand, in which the celery is set should be 2 or 3 inches
|deep. This soil must not be allowed to become dry.
| |Can remain in the ground until the weather is quite
| |cool.
| | |5 dozen good plants or bunches.
| | | |Another way to store celery is to bank it to
| | | |the top with earth; cover the tops with
| | | |boards, straw, or leaves and allow it to
| | | |remain where it has grown until wanted for
| | | |use. Another way is to dig a trench 12 inches
| | | |wide and deep enough to correspond with the
| | | |height of the celery, then lift the celery and
| | | |pack it in this trench with some soil about
| | | |the roots. When the weather becomes colder,
| | | |cover the trench with boards nailed together
| | | |in the form of a _V_ shaped trough and over
| | | |this inverted trough put a layer of soil. The
| | | |ends of this trough should be left open for
| | | |ventilation until freezing sets in, then close
| | | |these openings with straw, old bags or soil.
| | | |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.
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