. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. food to theplants after each are usedalmost entirely forblanching the earlycrop. They are placedalong both sides of therows and held in placeby any convenient de-vice at hand. Fromten days to two weeksare required to blanchthe crop. The boardsmay be used over andover again; with carethey will last fifteenyears. The late crop isblanched by means ofridging with work should notbegin until the coolerweather arrives inearly September. Thework of ridging pro-ceeds imtil about themiddle of October and c
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. food to theplants after each are usedalmost entirely forblanching the earlycrop. They are placedalong both sides of therows and held in placeby any convenient de-vice at hand. Fromten days to two weeksare required to blanchthe crop. The boardsmay be used over andover again; with carethey will last fifteenyears. The late crop isblanched by means ofridging with work should notbegin until the coolerweather arrives inearly September. Thework of ridging pro-ceeds imtil about themiddle of October and commercial growers begin to store the crop soonafter the first of November. Various methods of storage are in commonuse. One of the best is to dig trenches ten or twelve inches wide and notquite as deep as the height of the plants. The plants are placed close to-gether in the trenches and covered with boards, which are nailed together inthe form of a trough. The boards afford ample protection until freezingweather occurs and then additional covering is provided by placing. Good Celery Well Prepared for Market. ^ 1 Courtesy of Department of Horticulture, Peonsylvania State College. VEGETABLES AND THEIR CULTURE 35 manure or straw over them. The plants should be dry when stored andthey should not be unnecessarily exposed to sun and hard, drying winds. Cucumbers.—Most farmers are familiar with the ordinary method ofgrowing cucumbers. If hotbeds are available, it is best to start a few hillsunder glass. This is a very simple operation. A good plan is to fill quartberry baskets with soil containing a large proportion of rotten manure;drop about eight seeds in each basket and after the plants are up thin themto two or three. See that the boxes are not lacking in moisture at any seed should be sown not more than four weeks in advance of the timesuitable for planting in the field. Overgrown plants are a is very much better not to use plants more than a month ol
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