64 / 176
The
Still-Room
Medlars
should
be
picked
in
November,
preferably
after
the
frost
has
touched
them.
Their
stalks
should
be
dipped
in
strong
lime,
and
the
fruits
buried
in
boxes
of
wet
bran,
no
two
medlars
touching,
and
placed
in
the
fruit-house.
JValnuts
should
be
removed
from
their
outer
rinds,
and
at
once
placed
in
an
earthen
jar.
Cover
them
with
three
inches
of
sawdust,
and
place
them
in
a
cool
cellar
or
fruit-house.
Filberts^
Cobs
and
Hedge
Nuts^
for
storing,
should
be
gathered
just
before
they
slip
their
husks
—
though
they
must
be
so
ripe
as
to
do
so
at
the
slightest
force.
They
should
be
dried
before
storing,
or
the
husks
will
become
mouldy.
They
may
then
be
treated
as
advised
for
walnuts,
or
they
may
be
placed
in
a
jar
and
sprinkled
over
with
salt.
Gathering
and
Drying
Herbs.
—
Herbs
should
usually
be
picked
just
before
they
flower,
and,
their
roots
having
been
cut
off,
they
should
be
tied
into
bundles
and
quickly
sun-dried.
These
bundles
may
then
be
tied
in
paper
bags
and
hung
in
a
dry
room,
or
they
may
be
powdered
and
bottled.
Lavender
should
be
cut
as
soon
as
the
flowers
are
fully
open.
It
should
then
be
dried
in
the
shade,
and
stored
in
a
dry
room.
62