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Show COLD-FRAMES FOR WINTER GARDENING Tho Long Island Home Ham ers Hampers being prepared for shipment to New York. Mr. Hal B. Ful rton, manager of tho Long Island experiment experi-ment station, says he can scarce 'supply the demand for fresh fruits and vegetables carefully selected ar packed and shipped ac they ship them from Medford. This line of pr It Is open everywhere. (Dy J. II. IIAYNES.) Successful gardening dopend on early production. Cold-framo ants are moro certain to Uvo than hJ-bed plants, and give a largo per celt of good stuff than do tho moro tl'dor hot-bed plants. 1 In constructing such wo uscftwo frames Instead of ono. Tho lfrsor frame Is 4& feet by 7 feet iEd 1 foot deep. Tho Inner one Is one 'oot smaller each way and only elgl inches in-ches dcop. Tho spaco around tho lnnor fi mo, six Inches wldo, 1b filled with dry &w-dust &w-dust well packed down. Tho covering for tho Inner frar o Is a glass-covered sash mado to lit ulto close to tho framo to exclude al Tho outor framo la covered wit an oiled convassed framo so as t bo water-proof. A strip of carpet, or othor good material, ma-terial, is kept over tho Inner sas In 9voro weather, Wo prefer shallow frarnos to : oop tbo planta from growing splndllm Wo chooso i location freo from oi vlnds and where a good expouur to 'ho sun enn bo had. if It Is a 1 tlo Tiling to mu tho better. Frames and Bash should bo woll painted to proservo them. Thoro are 3.27G squaro inchoa In such a framo and allowing throo square inches to tho plant, ono enn havo over 1,000 plants per framo. Good rich soil is used, and tho under soil 1b mado quite loose to give a chanco for root growth. It Is host to grow tho plants In tho open nnd trans-plant trans-plant on tho approach of sovoro weather. Frames of a larger alzo aro not so easily handled, nor can tho Bamo protection pro-tection bo given In them. On mild rtnys wo glvo light to tho plants by removing outer sash, and if safo, wo ralso tho inner sash to admit frosh nir. Thoso frames aro not oxponsivw where ono can do his own work, and thoy add a good per cent, to tho li vestment. |