LIFTING SHALLOTS
Shallots are ready to be lifted just so «oon as the foliage begins to yellow and die down; then they should be raised With the fork, each clump being turned upside-down and if the weather be fine, left thus for a week. Sun and air soon dry the roots, after which they may be gathered on a sieve and well shaken to get rid of the dirt still attached to them. They should then be spread out to dry thoroughly. The best way to do this is to lay them on a length of wire netting erected a foot or so above the ground to allow air to play round the bulbs. When dried, the clumps ought to be separated into individual bulbs and these roughly sorted out. Good clumps with good bulbs may be wholly or partially reserved for planting the following year. Small bulbs should be laid aside for use in soups and stews. Ordinary and large bulbs should be further ripened for storage. The store of shallots should be in an airy place. The best way-is to -fill them Into small nets which are hung up in a
cool, dry- cellar, or to lay them out thi on trays.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 282, 18 February 1928, Page 26
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