... London three months ago. £46 prize treat for best customer A bundle of asparagus was auctioned f £ 46 at Badsey, near Evesham, yesterday which works out at 39p for each piece of asparagus in the bundli. Mr. John Walker, a Cheltenham shopkeeper, paid (or the ...

... through the soil had been caught by the frost. but may recover. Potatoes had been blackened by frost and could be delayed, and asparagus had had some damage. Early strawberries in the open had lost their first blossom. but this could act as an encouragment to ...

... costs. ASPARAGUS PLENTIFUL AND CHEAP. The warm weather the past few days has brought great quantities asparagus into the Evesham market, and it was possible to buy bundles (13(l buds) of fair quality for shilling, and really excellent asparagus for Is ...

... English potatoes ss. 7s. per cwt.; kidney beans 2s. to 2s. 6d. per lb.; broad beans 12s. 155., spinach 4s. 6s. per pot; asparagus Is. to 3s. per TOO; mushrooms 2s. to 3s. per lb.; English tomatoes 10s. s ...

... nadiebes, 6s. per pot; Jersey new lo*l. per ib.; onions, Bd. per lb.; cucumber*?, 7a. per dozen; leeks, lOd. per dozen bundles; asparagus. Sis. to 30a. jvr 1,000; Guernsey tomatoes, Is. dd. to &3. 3d. oar rocs, l€s. per cwt.; lettuce. French 25., English Is, ...

... DENTS Which of the following are edible? Medlars, Pedlars. Pomelos, Parkas. With what implements should asparagus be eaten? ...

... efforts to produce in Worcesterahire an all-male asparagus strain giving a better quality and heavier crop. Similar experiments in California are discussed by Alfred W. Kidner in a new edition of Asparagus (Faber, 258.). He throws up his hands and exclaims ...

... Bundle of Asparagus Fetches fl 6 The champion bundle of 120 heads at Evesham Asparagus Show yesterday. entered by Mr. C. W. Brotherton, of Evesham. weighed 16 1 2 1 b. and was sold at auction to a Birmingham firm for £l6. At the show luncheon asparagus was ...

... said Mis.s Roberts had been struck from the back, but not run over, by a heavy vehicle. Asparagus -at 3s 5d for a tip The champion bundle in the Vale of Evesham Asparagus Growers' Association Show yesterday was sold for £2l for the 120 tips. It was bought ...

... EVESHAM Asparagus 85p to £1.15 rounds, broad beans 3p to 4p lb, runner beans 30p to 36p lb, beetroot ...

... ))er case ; Bs. fid., rhubarb (Cheltenham) lOd. to Ib. fid., ditto (outdoor) 4'id. Bd. per ; leeks. •>. per •Iqsen bunches; asparagus, Is. 9d. 2b. fkl. per bundle; spinach Is-, artiobokes 95.. beetroot 9s. per pot; carrots 235. to 245.. parsndps 33k. to owt ...

... concern at the likely cost of sending asparagus by rail to London this year Mr. H. Millward said that he had been quoted double last year's rate. There would also be no collection. You can take it there will be no asparagus sent by rail to London. he said ...