Show PROPERLY STORING WINTER SQUASHES one of most valuable vegetables will keep until spring put in dry cellar by E U P SANDS Tik colorado experiment station squash is in one of the most valuable winter vegetables and when fully ripe and properly stored will keep until spring only well ripened squashes should be stored and these should bo be gathered before frost as a frost of average severity will impair their keeping qualities never pull squashes from the vines but cut them with a knife leaving about an inch of stem attached it if the skin or shell is not hard keep the squashes in small piles and uncovered during the day but covered during the night the furnace room is the best storage but any dry place having a temperature pera ture of 55 to 75 degrees is good racks or shelves should be provided so that the squashes will not be over two in thickness the success of keeping the squares from decaying depends largely upon high temperature and dryness |