LIFTING SHALLOTS
Shallots are ready to bo llfted so «oon as the foliage begins to yellow and diq down. Then they should b01 raieed with the fork, each clump beipg turned npside down, and if the weather be fine, left thus for a week. Sun apd air soon dry the rqots, after which they may be gatnefed on a sieve and wgll shaken to get rid of the dirf still Rttgched tp them. They should then b© spread out tq dry thoroughly, The bgst way to do this is to lay them on a length of wire netting ereeted a fqot 0» so above the ground to ailow air td play round the bulbs. When dried, Ihe clumps ought to be separated into indiJ vidual bulbs and these rqughly sorted out. Good clumps with good bulbs majk be wholly or partially reserved £oJf planting the following year, Smalf bulbs should be laid aside for use ia soups and stews. Ordinary and lafgO bnlbs should be further ripened foij Storage, _ The store of shallots shquld be in a* ftiry place, The best way is to fill them into small nets which are hung up in a eool, dry cellar, pr to lay them ouft thinly on trajs.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 35, 25 February 1937, Page 12
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