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Show Protecting: Vegetables In VTinter. It -does not seem to be generally known that light in the winter time is the chief agent in the destruction of vegetables otherwise hardy, and especially light Bhining brightly on the plant when frozen. A cabbage or turnip that is exposed ex-posed to the light rots readily, but will keep perfectly sound if but slightly covered cov-ered with earth. This principle should be remembered when collecting vegetables together iu large masses for protection. It is often customary to cover such sets of vegetables with some light material, ma-terial, such as leaves, hay or straw, the result of which generally is simply to form a harbor for mice, which are much I I more destructive than the frost itself. Water has, of course, to be excluded, and if the vegetable plants are set closely close-ly together and covered with boards to keep out the rain, it is generally all that is required. Water must be excluded, or else rotting may result. For this purpose pur-pose it is good practice to invert vegetables. vege-tables. The cabbage especially must re ceive this attention. They are almost always inverted when placed together under boards or covers for protection, and, in fact, where no covering at all is used they will keep perfectly well when inverted. Meehan's Monthly. |
