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ScMJ from t for nil' inforinutiDM on tin. ^, (•I'll prminctiiiM Unio s ii rijriil solivtion i* hi'ri'HJth (fiv< Ici'tioM iix''! are kept in t'ood |.,„„iit iiinl sfdrinff of roof, :i,i,i •' '■•■III IM.-iii.v !).• ion oviT tiio Iil:inf-i ililrtiil,.,! rill not I>f lonj; ln-fon. a | IS niado. ..a,-h viMr. of prwat cnri' fliou],! I„. tiikcn t irjrc. proportion of tin 'I'ci'iniMH whicli arc t ■variet.v, of hccts. <'arro|. i'I<'<-t w,.|l-s|iap,.,I, I,,,.,] rop will l(i. not t typo, firm stalk. !llll| ll parsnip., salsify and t nini-Mzi'i TMi' ro type jt nil' to t.vpc; ll, .,„.,, roots, t.vpiivil I SI 'a lie anil variotii Tf this is di ■cross tin' crop from (' :»eoil in rcu.ird t. sc-rcsistaiit pl.int. of eel I'rnips. tirni-licadcd cal)l> the kept fa ry. and lirni, sliapi iiiadiaii jrrowM seed si " '• 'trli i'TKin oth.'rs so that tl: • isrc t.-ih- I niioii I,;, III. The tm laila hilt sihlc. it i. piint.v, .'IS it d' ic.v will Ills of ics in other el i"i'l(l con.parc favonrahl.v with ii "intoriii!.' V(')T,.tahlcs f, liaractcristics. iiportcd in most places it will I vpjjetahies mav he -ti of -I 111 store t :ie neee-.ar.v to ai v:iry ill diffi I'll! in a frost ed oiil^ide. Koth ill [iron ■d will ive them some p f e.'ll case of onion,, which must hi or no frost. ■mail R rent p.n-t, ■■r'on. W ■lit. if Ir.v. and stored iiiid in lanre .piantit les, except in i|, d phice where tliiTc litt Ott Vnhhnnr. -One of tl awa has h< le -iniplest and most >iicce,sfiil the heads hejiii: ah. lit s 11 to pla.-e the plants sid(. 1 ly >lde. heads lit), methods of wiiit with soil tl tl ix inches I :eh,w the h'vel „f the -round in a trench or pit. tl '■riii;;c,ihl)|..'eiit id. wl le hottolii i.i the head Ah, lien colli Weather set. iirost 1 in, fn Mit ,-i f,,ot of St rrencii or pit. the top ,,f the trench hein« retillcij leaves, no don lit. mi si.x to ciyht ii i-er.v severe Would prove as satisf simpl, i.r will re a heavy y lie, -d |iveriii:r of 111 with tl icho of iicfory as stra now is fairly s raw is placed over thi heads "ll IS put over tl straw just liefori. -evcre frosts. '! leails ahove (rroiind and the l.itt W iiri., the ■11 winters are le cahh.iire tiiav 'le straw. :iot prevent heatinj: and rottinj,', and lator a h, slloillr er covered w I'e oiil.v a liprht ith k' cold. leavier applicati..! overiii!,' at tirst ti '11 wtieii the we.iih, T hec. 4485G •J 1 rWer*.— (1(.(mJ H-nultd hiivo b.cii . Iituiiu'il iit Ottnwii l>.v wiiitrriiisr iilfry fnr »wi: piirjMisf^i iif> foIliiWK: The |ilniit<< nrc m-t in n tri-nch deep oiiointli xn tlint flii' topi of the I'fU'ry I'diiu' cvfii with tlic -iirfiici- of tiii' irrouml. Tin- pi iiitH iin- set i'lo«« ti'tii'tliiT ill the rnw. but »Mrli row i, ..■piirntoti b.v soil. Hcfnrc M-vrro fro»ts, t)i« piritits iiri' foviTc-d with a h<'iiv.v Imvit of straw ami wh#u culil weather *>•(>• in with aljiiiit tiftri'ii inches of loil. In liMT nearly every plant came throii;.'li the winter with the heart in (lotHl eomiition, whieh is all that i« neeessary to ensure ^ooil erop* of seed. Hrifx. Cnrrotn. Pantnips. Snl.*ilii anil T'urniV.s.— AVhen Inirvi'stintf. the tops aro out to within two inehes of the end of the upeeinien, thus leavintr the eentrul shoot. This is b«'tter than enttiuMi off the leaves elose to the root. The pit in which ({ood success has been obtained in wintering roots at t)ttawa is made as f(dhiws: A h(de is dujr of the necessary