... ASPARAGUS. Cut down the plants after they have turned yellow, and tidy; up the beds for the winter. The more hwuibnt the foliage growth in summer itnd autumn the better will the crop asparagus the next year. In spring prick over the iground lightly with ...

... Asparagus. witling the middle the niontli. lime to allow the plants store sliongib for the coming year. Protoci- die summer Mid autumn «nms being y.napßod off wind, e.ifchor with tarred twine stout sticks, fixing mort. bushy pea Micks firmly all over ...

... ASPARAGUS. Established beds should have a layer three inches of rich dung spread over their surfaces now; but it dees not require forking in. the rain will wash its nutriment to the roots. Seeweed makes a good manure for asparagus, when it can be obtained ...

... ASPARAGUS. The beds should no#-4k in full bearing-, and must kept free fcnm wecda.- Cease cutting from them about the middle June, to allow the plants time tor store up strength ...

... ASPARAGUS TOMATO GREEN PEA ...

... ASPARAGUS for stock should Also be sown towards the middle of the month, in shallow drills. The annual dressing of salt should also be given to the established beds of this delicious esculent shortly. Nitrate of soda, however, i s productive of better ...

... ASPARAGUS Kcoj) bods free from weeds. . Established teds a spring top-dressing or inches of rich dung. BROAD BEANS. Thin out the autumn-sown crop, if not already done: and plant out t-he seedlings from frame cultures. BROCCOLI. autumn sorts frame, using ...

... ASPARAGUS. Established beds should have a layer three inches of rich dung spread over their surfaces now; hut does not require forking in. as the rain will wash its nutriment down the roots. makes good manure for asparagus, when it can be obtained near ...

... ASPARAGUS. Handsome sticks should be about seven inches long, four or five inches being white and the remainder of a nice purple colour. The monster sticks sometimes exhibited are grown a very rich and systematically tilled soil from plants placed a yard ...

... Asparagus In cutting the stems they should be separated low down as when the tops are about two inches above the surface of the soil, and before the scalej head arc opened. Great care is nee canary to avoid injuring the roots: and it is to use a special ...

... Asparagus Keep tiie bode free from weeds; and cutting at tiie middle June allow plants time store strength fox the coming year. Protect the summex and autumn steins iroxn being snapped off wind, either with tarred twines tied to stout sticks, or by short ...

... Asparagus. AfAY, now drawing a close, is. as the poets never weary of telling us, the mother of fair flowers. When they have sung their songs and celebrated the lilies, there is much in May which calls for praise in prose. Especially should something ...