The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-07-18
SOME UAB HINTS.
How to Keep Certain Vegetables
Through the Winter.
To The Cotton Plant:

How to Keep Certain Vegetables
Through the Winter.
To The Cotton Plant:
AS the time is at hand when the far
mer has a surplus of beans, cabbage
and cucumbers, and as these are both
valuable and highly appreciated in the
winter and early spring, and in reply
to numerous letters asking my mode
of preserving them, 7 beg q limited
space in The Cotton Plant to answer
these inquiries and to make some
further observations, based on expe-
rience, which, I hope, will benefit some
OF your readers.
BEANS.-Secure q barrel, box or
other vessel. Gather young, tender
beans and string and "snap" as for
table use. Place on bottom of vessel q
layer OF dry salt on this a layer of
beans, say two or tn. inches deep.
On these sprinkle dry ; 1t until cover
ed, then a layer of salt and a LAYER of
beans until the vessel is full or the sup
ply Is exhausted, letting the last layer
be of salt and on this place u board and
a weight OF some kind to pack the mass
and exclude the air. As the beans
shrink they will settle down, when
other alleviate layers may be- added
until the vessel is full. These can be
I put in from day to day or from week to
week until completed. With very lit
tie soaking these beans will be as fresh
and we'll favored the next February or
March as when gathered, and the salt
being clean and dry, as good as it was
before using.
CUCUMBERS.--Gather the small and
tender ones as they attain the size you
wish. Wipe them clean and dry.
Pack In alternate layers the same as
beans, but in this case the vessel must
be n that will hold water, as the
cucumber will dissolve a portion of the
salt and make considerable brine.
Keep covered with salt and weighted
down as in case of beans. A little soak.
ing will freshen these for eating, but
for pickles add q little alum to the
water to harden them.
CABBAGE.-Procure O vessel that
will hold water, as in case of cucum.
bers. Remove oil leaves down to the
solid head. Cut the heads into halves
or quarters and pack in alternate Law.
ers of dry salt, with the cut side OF
cabbage up, keeping the top layer well
covered with salt and well weighted
down. This is not crout or kraut. but
simply sailed cabbage and is easily
freshened, retaining all its former
havor., When perfectly sound when
packed and properly packed 1 have
never known either of the above tc
'spoil" or sour, and they are free from
the poisons of the so-calfed preserving
fluids or cold processes.
SECOND CROP IRISH PorAroEs-
Select and q v all small potatoes as
you dig them for use, or when the cror
is gathered. Let these be thoroughly
dry Tin either sunshine or shade.
Then either (a) bed out as you would
sweet potatoes Except the manure
and keep moist until sprouted, or ID
spread close together on firm, smooth
ground and cover say about two inches
deep with hay, straw or pine needles,
and upon this put earth one or two
inches deep and keep moist or wet un-
til sprouted. Or (c) spread potatoes on
the ground in the shade, where they
VIII get the morning III only, and lei
them remain until they turn greenish
and show signs of termination. Plant
anu cultivate as you may see fit, but in
no case plant anything but a whole DO.
tato, and mono that have not started tc
grow. Cover a lightly as possible,
say from half an inch to one inch
deep.
TOMATOES FROM CUTTINGS.-At any
time from the first of June to the last
OF July cut from the old plants, limbs
or branches, say IL to Is inches in
length. Trim off leaves, etc., to within
six inches of bud end and plant in q
furrow or trench made with pillow or
hoe, lay the cutting down in the furrow
with cut end say 4 inches deep. Cover
all except six inches of the small or
bud end, bending this end up and leav.
ing 1t almost erect. Pack the earth
firmly with the foot. Plant when the
ground is in good blowing condition,
but not when wet. Use no water un.
less the earth is very dry, but certainly
none after planting. These plants will
begin to bear fruit as O as they start
to grow, will be stouter and more
stocky than the parent plant, and will
continue to grow and bear until killed
by frost. If frost should threaten, pull
up the vines, tie and hang up by the
roots in some dry, protected place :
take off all fruit not fully grown and
the remainder will ripen from time to
time until late in the winter.
j. F.. G.. DUPRE,
S. G. Experiment Station.