... Asparagus, &whale, and Rhubarb. boo large for seta, which r, quire cutting, should be divided a few days before planting, and should be laid in • dry p!acs for the wounds to dry. Ridge Cucumbers, Gherkins, and Vegetable Narrows. They should be eown by ...

... The following valuable table of time for the cooking of vegetables will be of use to many cooks : Asparagus, 16 to 20 minutes. Beane (shell), 1 to 2 hours. Beans (string), 2 hours. Young Beets, 45 to 60 minutes. Cabbage, 30 to 45 minutes. Carrots, 40 ...

... for early vegetables. Supposing I offered her a fine bunch of asparagus? Besides, I inyself like them so much. No sooner said than done. Off I went, and got the finest bundle of asparagus I could find; they cost six shillings a bundle I went home, filled ...

... country of bronchial and pulmonary disorders, such practices as the above are positive invitations to ailments of the sort. Asparagus plumes are much in demand in the decoration of dinner tables. They are graceful, and will keep fresh in water after they ...

... dodg.• James with the asparagus beds, Ll y.)u'll bear Inc out, won't you, that there was uothin4 else, if there's a row about it P Oh, yeç of course I will. Yes, I took all the young shoots there were. I dont' know how much asparagus I trampled down in ...

... £304 4 50 0 1254 4 THE BANQUET. Vegetables and fruit (including £,6 15s. for asparagus, at 4s. 6d. per bunch; 22 pints of peas, at 2s. 6d. per pint; eight pines, at 12s. 6 d. each; six melons, at 10s. 6d. each; lb. grapes, at Cs. 6d. per lb,; 2411 b. ...

... of mutton makes excellent hotchpotch. This composition may be varied by the addition of beans, white cabbage sliced, or asparagus points. Some boil the empty hulls of the peas in a little water and add the strained liquor to the rest. Hotchpotch is considered ...

... kidney beans, carrots, turnips, sprouts, spinach, celery, broccoli, cucumbers, seakale, onions, early cabbages, cauliflowers, asparagus, artichokes, all sorts of salads forced. Strawberries, raspberries, cherries, rhubarb, melons, apricots, currants, gooseberries ...

... really appreciated life until we came to live here. P. L. Guardian: the food good ? Pauper: Excellent. On one occasion the asparagus was over-done, and twice we have had to complain of the quality of the ice-pudding; but the chef was dismissed, and we have ...

... there isn't a ft iwer in garden, and I don't know where I shall get any from, and James will be after me if I go down to the asparagus beds. lie's got no sentiment about him. When I tell him it's for the church, he only says ' Drat the church!' Don't you think ...

... first leaves are bent and rolled up in themselves, you have only to boll them in pure water to realise a dish of delicious asparagus. We would also recommend the nettle, which in our opinion, might be made an advantageous substitute for spinaoh. It _should ...

... ducklings, 'fowls, goslings, guinea fowls, pigeons. (Foreign).—Hazel hens, ptarmigan, partridges (Russian), quails. VEGETABLES. —Asparagus, artichokes, beans (Jersey), beetroot, cabbage, eorn salad, cauliflower, carrots, celeriae, cucumbers, chervil, endive, leeks ...