Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-10-11
pREsERNlNG cARRA-,E.s.

NJ NJ Main, recom0puis the following
method for pr. serving cabbages, tnr winter
ami sprin, nsc. lmmediateiy p,fyIpn. IN the
s,uing in fhard frost, iahe ~ ycur rabbages
AND savoys Observing . do /, IN 4 drV day,
iarn their tops dow inward. aud let them remain
i.r few hours Il dI ala of any water Il 81 may
he ioeaed betNeen their leaves; then make
chou rra Tiige OfJry earth, IN well shell
.erea, warm exposure aud plant them d"np
lie tier aptls thet en- close 10 Oha another,
loyiag pre viously tak-n off some of their loose
bspo,,g leaves Immediately erect ever mem
low ,rmpprary shed oi any kjnd thai will
ta,n the n crfpctly Tree frre We, winch IS 10
he osen al both ends 20 admit current Of air
an ni,A dry ssa'h-r. These ends are 10 be
closed xlfh yt#aA whan the weather j. very
severe IL ltls =;'nariou your cabhages will
ken in 4 high sta'r Of prf seryal0n I'LL spring.
for being kept perfect, re from wei. as II
ns from the action - tn sun, the Frost will
haze liule or no # "a thl'n. In such
riafe the mead nay Ne II off when wanted
anu fthey are fra n soak them in spring. well
az pump water for few hours previous To their
htng cooked, which will dissolve the frost and
extract any disagreeabe taste occasIoned there
by
This writer prefers this mode Of preserving
cabbages 10 placing lhen in the groand with
tion of straw Immediately 10 ind the heads is a
had practice, as the straw will soon become
damp and mouIds, and will of course COMMUNE
cate the disorder t. he cahbages.
Mr. Derhy OF Salem, Msss. states his mode
OF preserving cabbages as follows 4: { have Sc
iecleI oae Of the most airy situations on the
farm, spread few leaves on the ground to keep
them clean, aud placed them upside down,
cose to each other, and shook in among hen
leaves Sufficient TO cover them. leaving part
OF Tie root projecting out, then threw on
,hem, jusl enough ssa-weed, 10 prevent the
leaves blowing away Mass. .4Sr Rep. vol.
vi psi
The principal gardener in the Shaker estab
i'hment, IN Nav Lebanon, Columbia County,
j y. I. directed not 10 poll mp cabbages in an.
.nn, 'lll there IS danger. of their freezing too
.a't TO be gotup. lfthere happen an early
hHo" 1t will not mi ore them. When they are
#'moYed from the garden, they should be set
out again in a trench dug in the hoanm OF
cellar If the cellar is pretty cool it wll be the
better.
GATHERING AND PRESERVING BETS AND o.
IAtR RooTs-in report upon Agricultural
-SPer'mfnis by Committee ofthe MasSachu-
SOUS Agricultural Soeiely published IN the 3
VOL the NeV EnSlands Farmer isa state
men' oil certain premium crops, obi AIMED nv
Msssrs lrlstram aud Henry Little Of Newbu-
fy' IN the county Of Essex, Mass. IL is stated
ny those gentlemen that they had tried divers
ways OF preserving lurnips mahgeI wurizeI.
&C. by putting them into barn an d covering
'hfm with bay, and by putting them into The
cellar the Inst mode we think the best Col
fo"ei observed that one OF his crops Of mangeI
4 Noftzel was piled in n cellar in rows as wood.
nj covered with saEd''
writer in the English Farmers journal oh
s'rEes that he has praciised with success The
''o"lng mode OF preserving The mangel wnrt
co roofs pack them IN long heaps about
wen 'eet wide at the bottom. | begin by
tne ontsldes with the roots, not sirin-
80 =, NOR tops, outward the internal parts
"''e' with roots without leaves, continue
., over another, until the heap is absut
"a tee' high, and about two feet broad at ton
when may be Covered with stra,, and eartb ~,
4 nus VI 'ha heap may be covered in the same
4 way the leaves torn an effcien, coy.r;or =.
4 ealnst Frost No''i"5 a
MI NJ hahon's mode Of nreseryino beets and
o'htf roots is as follows ::
TicVIonS TO tina conmsncor,o,. .r.
'" you should take up, with as li,tie min
po5s'o'e, the roots Of your turnins ca,ro,s
Ion'Ps' eee's, satisfy, scorzoper, H.mb,rs
i ia, rooted parsley, skirrete. Jerusalem ar,
ofh''' 'nrnip rooted celery, ANA a snffic;s,cv
cu,ore i"o'sn Tor the winter copsu,nption
g lmrs ~, ., 'ops aud expose the roofs a few
q y-rv t, 'uN'c'enlly dry. On the surface of a
81 SITUATE! 'Po' oi ground III well sheltered
81 aud ~ 81 stratum OF sand two inches thick
81 erinr ~, iayer OF roots of either sort. GOV.
'"' ia another lave, OF sand Che