White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-10-06
VEGETABLES STORED
FOR WINTER MENUS

FUN W1NIEh MEN US
Storage is one of the most ineXpen-
sive ways Of preserving food, the only
equipment necessary being cellar an
ordinary room and few tools, points
out O. L. Vincent, State College extern
sion horticulturist. Families with ac-
cess to fruits and vegetables should
have little concern as to the winters
food supply II they plan now to store
all surplus orchard and garden pro-
ducts. Where families do not grow
fruits and vegetables at home, an
ample supply can be secured for the
picking or digging in many commun-
tiles.
Late summer and fall apples are
excellent for drying. Peel, core and
cut the apples into slices. Place the
slices on old newspapers or a piece of
cloth and set out on the roof of a
shed having a southern or western
exposure. Cover with mosquito netting
to protect the fruit from dirt and in
sects. When the fruit is thoroughly
dried out, it may be put in sacks and
kept on shelf in dry room. Fruits
may also be dried by placing them
on shelf next to the kitchen range.
Pears, apricots, peaches and prunes
may be dried in the same way.
Few people realize that winter pears
can be stored successfully. Any Gel
lar where winter temperatures do not
drop below freezing makes an excel
lent place to store pears. If care is ia
ken to select only fruit which is free
of disease or bruises, the pears will
keep nicely until after Christmas.
Every cellar should also contain sew
eral boxes of winter apples to supply
popular fruit dishes during the winter
Vegetables are easily stored and the
family that looks forward to we'll bal
anced food supply this winter will store
an ample supply for future use. Vege-
tables which require no special care to
store successfully include potatoes dry
beans, cabbage, pumpkin, squash, car
rots, turnips, rutabagas, satisfy, chic
DRY, and winter radishes.
For potatoes, most any storage house,
room or pit is suitable, providing the
temperature does not drop below 80
, degrees Fahrenheit A moist atmos-
phere is desirable for potatoes. Storage
satisfactory for potatoes is suitable for
most root crops. Such roots as pars-
nips need not be pulled unless desired
| since freezing improves rather than in
jures them.
Small lots of carrots, beets, parsnips
| turnips, rutabagas and others keep ex-
cellently when buried in one corner
of the basement or cellar between lay
ers of moist sand, soil or saWdust. Il
the pile is kept moist (not weD, the
vegetables remain firm and juicy, just
as they came from the garden. 1t is
the drying out of vegetables thai
causes them to become strong woody
and unedible.
Cabbage may be buried upside doWr
J in pit near the house or placed or
shelves in moist, cool basement. Il
pitted outside, pull the cabbages, roots
and all, and place upside down on 6
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. heads wide and as long as necessary
2 Two heads may be placed on top O.
;, the bottom three heads between thu
roots. Cover with soil to sufficien
depth to prevent freezing. A layer O
: straw under the soil will keep TIN
: heads clean. Slight freezing will no
s injure cabbage provided it is permit
ted to thaw out slowly.
Onions may be stored in any room
well enough insulated to prevent freez
ing. A good circulation of dry air
i necessary if the onions are to kee]
,. well. Summer onions and the so-calle'
foreign onions are not suitable for win
i, ter storage.
4 Pumpkin and squash prefer warm
9 dry storage place. For this reason
, they keep best on shelves near tn
9 ceiling. Pumpkin and squash Shout
9 be harvested with care as they al
easily bruised. When carefully handled
q these crops will keep surprisingly we
J, in most any storage room if the TEN
perature is kept above freezing.
Complete details for the construc
ton of storage houses and pits, an
!. other methods of storage may be oh
= tanned free by sending a request fc
= Extension Bulletin No. 174 "Hom
>. Storage of Fruits and Vegetables" t
D your county agent or to the Exten
- sion Service, Pullman, Washington.