... ASPARAGUS. So long as the clumps of asparagus are being cut, so long do they continue throwing up fresh shoots. Over-crowding one season leads to a poor crop the next. Cropping had better atop after two cuttings, so that the crowns hold the food out of ...

... ASPARAGUS. There are every year perhaps more failures in the management of asparagus than of any other vegetable. Why it should so it is d fficnlt to understand, seeing that the con- ditions of its management, as generally understood, are of no very intricate ...

... ASPARAGUS, Asparagus part ie ul ar ly natr it ion.. More npace might well be given to the hard.. perennial. - seakale. the globe artichoke, rhuhurli l'hey fintirish in niiigher than crop, dn. and l.'cane the crops are atartrel from plants instead sit ...

... ASPARAGUS. An asparagus bed, made, and in the of amateur, rarely produces anything until the second year, and then only =mall amount, systematic cutting not being commenced before the third year after planting. is estimated that after this age each stock ...

... of the stalks, from twenty-five to forty minutes. If asparagus be boiled, it should be placed on a strainer or tied in muslin, to facilitate lifting it in and out of the water. If steaming asparagus, place a piece of muslin at the bottom of the steamer ...

... THE ASPARAGUS BED, Asparagus beds need a good deal of attention in the spring, and well repay this by an early and long crop. An important point of asparagus cultivation is to get tiro early so as to get as much out of the beds before the time comes when ...

... TREATMENT OF ASPARAGUS. The cutting of asparagus should by now have been discontinued. otherwise next year's yield will be adier-ely affected. Weed the beds thoroughly, and gist , a final application of agricultural salt. If the crop is growing on very ...

... WHY NOT ASPARAGUS? Few amateurs attempt the cultivation of asparagus, probably because they believe its management to be beyond their skill. Like many other things, however, it seems less difficult once you have made a start. Now is excellent time to ...

... ASPARAGUS CHIGNICIL An Asparagus chicken' is one which is sold in the. early spring at the same time as the early asparagus is brought into tie market. It is Jidtched in winter, and fed with fattening foods for this purpose. It generailv fetzhes a ...

... ASPARAGUS SOUP The water in which the asparagus is cooked the baas of this soup. Strain it into large saucepan and brinj-t it the boi'. Wash teacupful rice and a good handful sorrel leaves, or, if you have not sorrel, spinach. Place the leaves in pan ...

... ASPARAGUS BEDS. Directly the growths have ripened, it becomes necessary to cut them down to within an inch or the ground and to burn them. If this is not done, the seeds will ripen and drop off the foliage, and cause a nuisance next year by germinating ...

... ASPARAGUS SOUP. The water in which the asparagus is cooked is the basis of this soup. Strain ;t into 3 large saucepan and bring it to the boil. Wash a teacupful of rice and a good handful of sorrel leaves. or. if you have not sorrel, spinach. Place the ...