... SEASONABLE GARDENING. GROWING ASPARAGUS. long as asparagus is sold GJ. 2s. Gdper bundle the demand cannot be expected to exceed the supply. That observation suggests that great deal moreof this delicious vegetable might with advantage be grown in this ...

... SEASONABLE GARDENING. RAISING AMD PLANTING ASPARAGUS. Having last week referred to tie possibility, also the desirability, of growng more asparagus in this country than now produced instead of being su'jh an extent dependent foreign growers, will be useful ...

... various other bulbs. * ASPARAGUS plantations. If the surface of the bed is covered with weeds remove them at once, aa they will hinder the crowns from maturing. Should any kind of vegetable crops have heen growing between the asparagus, tlusc should also ...

... eating asparagus not altogether known this country. At Lord Rosebery's dinner the dusky potentate from the East threw his asparagus ends over his left shoulder ia accordance with a Persiau superstition which says that no luck will pursue the asparagus eater ...

... 0 to 0 0 to 6 0 -tabblta. per couuic. ...

... already begun to display themselves in abundance the great markets of Paris, where plentiful supplies of cauliflowers end asparagus have preceded them by some weeks. These and French lettuces are stated to the only kinds of fresh vegetables bear tbe journey ...

... liberally catered for than the following bill of fare indicates : — Soup, Rhine salmon, roast beef, lobsters, poulardes, asparagus, ice cream, cheese, dessert. Vet in the lifetime of the late Emperor there were frequently occasions when the cooking was ...

... crowns are fed and better spikes of bloom ultimately result. ASPARAGUS GROWING. Abundance of manure worked into the soil, which must be thoroughly and deeply dug or trenched, is requisite for asparagus. Prepare tbe soil during the winter and plant in the spring ...

... cellus. Nursery Handicap and Sowerby Nursery Thirsk — Red Wheat. Select Stakes, Newmarket — Chesterfield. All engagements— Asparagus, a yearling (dead), and Steventon (two years). All engagements in 1890— Roseiuint (two years) Mid ?? ...

... water, the moisture rising from the pipes iv steam and settling on the berries. FORCING -SPARAGU i. \\ ith suitable heat asparagus may be forced almost as freely and to yield as many heads in November and December as it will in January or February, but ...

... is unavoidably done in hot weather only shade and frequent waterings will insure even and quick growth. CUTTING ASPARAGUS. Of late asparagus has been growing freely, and many good dishes have been secured. Growers, particularly amateurs, are often afraid ...

... 8 0 Quail, per dozen (alive) 16 0 to 0 0 New Potatoe*. per 1b..« 0 2| to 0 4 Gooweberrie*. per lb 0 0 0 Asparagus, per 2 8 to 0 0 Cucumbers, apiece 4 0 8 PROVISION MARKETS. Batorday.—Butter lOd to Is per lb, 14 to 16 for la, fowls 4s to ...