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Show 2B Lakeside Review North, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1983 Store Your Fruits and Vegetables Successfully Tr i Your success in storing fruits 'moved by ventilation. and vegetables in pits, cellars Do not store fruits and vegetaand basements depends on your bles together. Do not place disability to achieve optimum temease or damaged commodities perature and humidity condiinto storage. Remember that all tions, according to the Utah units need some ventilaSlate University Extension Ser- storage tion. 60-7- 65-7- , . FRUIT & VEGETABLE TEMP- - STORAGE HUMIDITY g? (Tljtt i?r rili'ii ns i:Ul:i 0 cu. ft. FREEZER Only 269 vines. Sort according to ripeness and store in small groups in ventilated plastic bags or wrap the fruits with paper to maintain mosi-turResort each week, remov-- , ing ripening fruits from green. Green fruit will ripen in about two weeks at 0 degrees, and about 4 weeks at 55 degrees. Do not store below 50 degrees. If the humidity is too dry, the toe. 21 cubic foot 65-7- 3-- - . matoes '.Shrivel. Too 399 Only 8 cubic feet Model FH08M much-- ' dampness encourages decay. U-H- FREEZING TEMP. LIFE &i fxseti i Many crops can be stored in the Crops stored too warm deteriin root cellars, small pits ground orate quickly. Without adequate or trenches. Some gardeners humidity, stored vegetables and have storage cellars constructed fruits shrivel and become unusa- in an unheated basement room, ble. The table below indicates Potatoes are generally haroptimum temperature and hua couple of weeks after some for and vested midity vegetables frost kills the Vines and when fruits. The relative humidity as listed . the ground is dry. They should de5 be cured in the dark at in the table refers to 5 per5 cent for moist crops and grees for one to two weeks before lowering the temperature to percent for dry crops. ideal 40 degrees. The temperature is generally the " Too warm of storage encourcontrolled in storage units byt opening and closing vents. Cool, ages sprouting. Potatoes stored outside air is allowed in to cool. around 35 degrees become sweet. This condition usually Protection from freezing temperatures is generally achieved by can be corrected by' holding the using the natural heat down in potatoes near room temperatures the earth or heat escaping from for a week or two before using. Potatoes must be kept in the adjacent heated room. " dark to prevent greening. An effective way to reduce ' moisture loss in many crops is Many gardeners prefer to store to put them in polyethylene bags carrorts and parsnips right in or box iners. Cut a few small the garden. A one inch mulch will protect the crop from exhole in the side to permit ventitreme cold. Apply it after the seal. lation. Close but do not In cellars, the humidity can be ' soil cools to near freezing temincreased by adding moisture to peratures. Carrots may also be the storage air; simply sprinkle dug and stored in cellars in plasthe dirt, straw or sawdust floor ? tic,' bags, or moist sawdust or , ;" frequently or place large pans of sand. fresh-air Winter intake.. water under squash and pumpkins vents. Excessive moisture is re- - should remain on the vines until 85-9- mfPis fully mature. Maturity can be determined by pressing the thumbnail into the fruits skin; if the skin is hard and impervious to scratching, the fruit is mature, If frost kills the vines early, jthe fruit should be harvested in (that growth is stopped. Harvest squash and pumpkins before hard frosts with a sharp knife, leaving at least one inch of stem attached, it should be cured in a warm, dry place for about 10 days before storing. Store in a cool, dry place where temperatures do not fluctuate too much. The less mature . fruits should be used first, in that their storage life is shorter. Mature, green to slightly pink tomatoes can be stored for one to two months. Harvest fruits before killing frost or when outside temperatures will be below 50 deegrees for several days. Select only ma- -' ture fruits from strong, healthy ; vice. WAV'S Pries sul PLACE TO STORE fruit cellar or fridge ' pit, trench, or cellar garden, pit or cellar garden, pit or cellar dry basement or shed fruit cellar or fridge garden, pit or cellar pit or cellar cellar or basement cellar .or basement ;Hhor(tpLoi Must Save That Great Art SHARON NAUTA STEELE Why did you throw away my picture of the Mo-oth-e- great r! year? My ' the one I in nursery school last pumpkin-- - son points an accusing finger at me with the dexterity of a former knuckle nibbler turned interrogator. What makes you think I threw away your picture? I answer, hoping to affect some degree of sincerity in my futile attempt?, to soothe his injured ego. You did. You did. You threw it in the trash,' and ,then you dumped chicken bones on top. What were you doing digging through the garbage? I try to sidestep the issue. I wasnt digging. My frisbee flew in, and the cat jumped out, and then the can tipped over.' week your frisbee I see-t- his flew in. Last week, and every week before, it was your soccer ball. A nonth ago.. I stop midsentence with the realization that a sanner way to calculate the number of times my son has found .an. excuse to rummage through the family refuse would be to count each time Ive ever had occasion to discard anything hes produced in the line of arts Writers Group Meets Tonight , CLEARFIELD The Wasatch Writers will meet tonight at 7 p.m. Featured speaker for the meeting will be Mrs. Maxine Jennings. who will speak on the mechanics of writing poetry. The location foi the meeting is 1579 and crafts. Without a question, each egg carton caterpillar, crysantha-muspider, and Kleenex carnation that has ever found passage home in the depths of that boys bookbag, was in his mind, the artistic expression of his reason little guys suspicions, when my husband came home from work with a sense of urgency upon his tight face. Whats the matter, Honey, I summoned up the nerve to ask. L need the leprechaun, he said. What leprechaun? I felt my heart constrict. The green one with the purple face that Mike brought home last St. Patricks Day. I wrote an important address on its shoe. Without a word, I put on the old rubber gloves and walked resolutely towards the back m for being. 1 1 15.0 CU. FT. 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Then; and only then, his soccer ball. do I dare attempt to .dispose of one pr more of the most tattered FALL pictures, by secreting them beSPECIAL neath the days accumulation of Hill AFB . potato peelings, orange, rinds, and carrot tops.- Shop v Oct. 25 Nov., 26 But always, with the predict, ability of a mole seeking its element, that child finds occasion A Haircut 'to "find his workS--i- n ruin. or Styled Cut Only once did I succeed in When Accompanied with spiriting away one of his i A Shampoo Set or Blow Dry illed papers with detection. Open to all military members; retired memFor a full three hours I had bers, active duty reservists, their dependants and their guests. managed to avoid arousing the to-th- e The Beta Mu soLAYTON rority of Layton will bold a Halloween party Oct. 27, at the home of Susy Taylor, 2689 S. 4050 W., Ogden. Anyone interested in joining the sorority is invited. For more information, call Kerry Heene, 546-053- Model RE963 S369 now just $289 PER M0 PER M0. ? 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