. The harvesting and storage of dahlias. STORAGE OF DAHLIAS 11 The home gardener with comparatively few clumpsto store cannot do better than to use barrels and should be lined with several thicknesses of news-paper or with a strong manila paper, to prevent toomuch air circulation, and after the clumps have beenin the containers a few days in the cellar (less than aweek) they may be covered with paper, and then boardsor pieces of carpet. These small lots should be in-spected every month; and covered more closely if shriv-elling seems to be taking place. Home cellars are not always i
. The harvesting and storage of dahlias. STORAGE OF DAHLIAS 11 The home gardener with comparatively few clumpsto store cannot do better than to use barrels and should be lined with several thicknesses of news-paper or with a strong manila paper, to prevent toomuch air circulation, and after the clumps have beenin the containers a few days in the cellar (less than aweek) they may be covered with paper, and then boardsor pieces of carpet. These small lots should be in-spected every month; and covered more closely if shriv-elling seems to be taking place. Home cellars are not always ideal storage may be difficult to keep frost out in severest weather,or perhaps they may be too warm all the time. Forty-five degrees is just right for dahlia roots in storage,and an accurate thermometer is an excellent invest-ment, keeping it alongside the roots, where averageheat or cold prevails, and looked at, when storage is inthe home cellar, every morning when the furnace isvisited. Undue cold can thus be guarded against,
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