. Late cabbage, from seed until harvest, also seed raising . S C o 98 LATE CABBAGE The heads should be placed as closely together as pos-sible, to economize covering material. (Fig. 29.) They are placed onh^ one head deep, unless some verysheltered spot is available and one does not expect to keepthem a great while. Under such conditions they may beplaced several heads deep. The covering material will have. Fig. 29.—Storing cabbage outdoors. to be thicker where heads are more than one deep, owingto lack of the warmth which the ground affords whereall heads are placed directly upon it. A protec
. Late cabbage, from seed until harvest, also seed raising . S C o 98 LATE CABBAGE The heads should be placed as closely together as pos-sible, to economize covering material. (Fig. 29.) They are placed onh^ one head deep, unless some verysheltered spot is available and one does not expect to keepthem a great while. Under such conditions they may beplaced several heads deep. The covering material will have. Fig. 29.—Storing cabbage outdoors. to be thicker where heads are more than one deep, owingto lack of the warmth which the ground affords whereall heads are placed directly upon it. A protected location is to be desired; some place shouldbe selected where the snow^ does not blow off, as the snowis a great aid to covering. Perhaps the most suitable spot STORAGE 99 is in the woods. Get back into the timber far enough sothat the wind does not blow the snow much. This willusually be from 5 to 8 rods. Very little covering will beneeded in proximity to thick timber, whether large orsmall; the object in covering is simply to keep the headsfrom freezing. The cooler they can be kept and yet notfreeze, the better. There are several advantages in storingin the woods that will not be found in the open; first, thereis good drainage. The leaf mold is loose and light andlets off all surplus water. Do not store in any placewhere it is wet. The woods are alwaj^s clean, so that thecabbage do not get a
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