... ASPARAGUS. Cutting should be discontinuerd at once, even if this has not already been done. It i 5 be to cut all the shoots, both largo and small, ut to a Certain date, and then (*Me entirely, letting the rest grow on unchecked. If very numerous, hovrever ...

... ASPARAGUS. IT will usually be found necessary to trench the land intended to be formed into beds to the full depth the soil will allow without spoiling it, putting plenty of half-rotten manure at the bottom of the trenches, and some fully decayed beneath ...

... ASPARAGUS. The month of April is passing away rapidly now, and before long the plants, even in open. air beds, will be chewing signs of returning growth. A good plan, by the way, of protecting the tender tops from late frosts is to cover each evening ...

... ASPARAGUS. The monster slicks sometimes exhibited are grown in very rich soil from plants placed yard apart. ...

... ASPARAGUS. will now be question with'many when to stop the removal of shoots from the plants. The exact time will depend on the part of the country; in the south, the middle of the present month is late enough, and certainly no more cutting should be ...

... ASPARAGUS CULTURE. ALL garden ground devoted to the crop should, if possible, be turned up 3ft. deep, and heavily manured with green manure towards the bottom and decayed manure towards the top, in a position where young roots when forming can derive ...

... complaiuant took hold of the asparagus in & most objectionab® manner, and wheu desired to leave the club refusca todo so. No more violence was used than was necessary to remove bim.—Mr. Denman said the bandling the asparagus with one’s fiugers wus more ...

... ASPARAGUS RUST. For the last few years asparagus-growers in Worcester- shire have been troubled with asparagus rust. During /ast year and this the disease increased very rapidly The !ungus causing this disease is a true rust, belonning to the same group ...

... ASPARAGUS CULTURE. Good quality ot Mpuigu iffotdi the molt delicious dish that is brought to the table, bit bow often It if ipoiled in tbs grewiug. Many petfeedy proident in other work makes mess of his beds. I will, in trusting the subjeot, point out ...

... ASPARAGUS BEDS. New beds of asparagus may now be-owkn. % roper tion is very important work. mufim-n, be mu?e too rich. For at least two feet from the surface fertile maiden earth, leaf mould, well decomposed farmyard dung improved with }il. bones and a ...

... WIRY ASPARAGUS, T was asked the other day what was the canse of the aspamgus on a bed coming up so weak and sfilndly. ne cause was the beds were very old ; but that was not the chief reason, as I know a garden where the asparagus-beds are at least 50 years ...

... FORCINO AsPARAGUS. This is not at all a difficult matter, provided only that one has plenty of good fermenting materials (fresh stable manure, leaves, &c.), one cr more stout garden frames, with glazed sashes, and a number of robust four-year or five-yesrold ...