. Dreer's Vegetables under glass. Vegetables; Cold-frames. [from old catalog]. CHAPTER IV. THE ' FIRE BED. There is a device or structure used in southern New Jersey to a limited extent (and perhaps elsewhere) known as the fire bed or hot air bed. Fire takes the place of ferment- ing manure, and yet it is difierent from a greenhouse. It is not in wide or general favor, but is well adapted to certain purposes, as for instance for starting sweet potato plants in early spring. The fire bed consists, essentially, of a broad bed of earth with fire beneath it, and with a covering of muslin or glass.
. Dreer's Vegetables under glass. Vegetables; Cold-frames. [from old catalog]. CHAPTER IV. THE ' FIRE BED. There is a device or structure used in southern New Jersey to a limited extent (and perhaps elsewhere) known as the fire bed or hot air bed. Fire takes the place of ferment- ing manure, and yet it is difierent from a greenhouse. It is not in wide or general favor, but is well adapted to certain purposes, as for instance for starting sweet potato plants in early spring. The fire bed consists, essentially, of a broad bed of earth with fire beneath it, and with a covering of muslin or glass. A crosswise section of the bed is shown in the smaller cut and a lengthwise section in the large cut. The cuts, with a descriptive article, appeared in Farm Journal for March, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dreer, Henry A. [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, Henry A. Dreer, incorporated
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