... ASPARAGUS. A hint to boiling asparagus I have found very useful, for have often observed that the asparagus which I sometimes get from a country friend’s garden, with the succulent green stalk, is much pleasanter eat, and there is more of it that is nice ...

... ASPARAGUS. It la now imperative to cut down the brown grua, and to give the bed top d rearing of conrae manure. In spring, prick over the ground with fork, working lightly only, to not to cause injury to the mots. A spring dressing of two laches of good ...

... ASPARAGUS. If ealy mail plantation bo deeired, it 1* and more eon van lent to farm it with plante, which may now bo put in It inehce opart in town like diatoneo oaunder. Spread oat the roote of each flatwiee all round, eever with Mil until the eeed ie ...

... DISEASED ASPARAGUS. Lovers of asparagus must be prepared for bad news about their favourite vegetable. A disease even more fatal than that which attacks vines and potatoes has suddenly declared itself. Thaifol- lowing are the facts as stated to us by ...

... PRIZES FOR ASPARAGUS. Witha view to improve and extend the culture of asparagus throughout the United Kingdom,. it is pro- posed to give a series of annual prizes, extending over a period of seven years. These prizes will be given in London, Edinburgh ...

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... A NEW USE FOR ASPARAGUS. Those who are fond of small economies, says the Clohe, may, if they wish to make a small fortune in a novel way, start a company for ntiluine the ends of aspara- gus. Probably, not. a dozen housewives in London have the remotest ...

... for breakfast. In any case, if the asparagus is to be enjoyed in perfection it must be fresh. Its ?? may be known by the stiffness of the heads. If the heads droop and are ?? the-asparagus-is staie. To boil Asparagus, scrape the stalks near the roots, ...

... . Green asparagus takes less time than purple asparagus. When done the asparagus should be well drained and served on a I:T slice of toast cut to its own size. Send oiled butter, £ Dutch sauce, or eg sauce to table separately. or Asparagus served atonle ...

... GARDENING FOR NOVEMBER. ASPARAGUS, a Amongst the choicest vegetable productions of the a kitchen garden asparagus certainly occupies a foremost a place, buit, somehow, its cultivation has mostly been I confined, in this country at least, until recant ...

... powerless to J asparagus. Cooks are perverse and incredulous, and already make so much out of other indifferent about increasing the list. » course which would seem likely to promise BUCCGSS would be that of starting some such thing as an Asparagus End Company ...

... extremely dear. Green peas are Is per lb. unshelled; French beans, 8d to Is and asparagus, for small bundles of perhaps three dozen heads, cost 711 6d. The giant asparagus is high priced. There is a good supply of early rhubarb, grown out of doors. The ...