... 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 ...

... ASPARAGUS. Tbin out seedling' when they ere about ii*e or six inches high, leaving only one to each position. When cutting from established beds, ihe stems should separated as low down r.s possible, when the tops are about two inches above the surface ...

... FORCED ASPARAGUS. The magnitude of the yield depend! directly on the itrcngth of the forced, so that 4, 5, or 6 year old clnmps must be employed. Dog late in antnmn, with the least possible injury to their roots, those intended for forcing in bouses or ...

... 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 ...

... ASPA.RAGUS STOWING. I am not aware that any writer, has ever attempted to e plain how it is that the market-gardener and the a gentleman's gardener differ so very widely in their . mode of treating Asparagus. The tormer makes it a rule to cover early ...

... ASPARAGUS PLANTS. IN my AMERICAN GARDENER, under the bead, ASPARAGUS, I remarked how fine it was in America, and said I would try it here. I got some seed last year, and sowed it. The plants are very fine. They are fit to go- into beds directly, and I ...

... 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 ...

... 'IISCAYAN WAY OF CULTIVATING .I ASPARAGUS. 7- Asthe culture of Asparagus is engaging sotne atteu- tion, I beg to send you a short account of a method I have tried with some success. I owe you thanks for having published Capt. Churchell's report on its ...

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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 ...