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FOBCINO ASPARAGUS

... Asparagus can be had from December onward and isa valuable article, as at the beginning of the year it is worth 10a. per 100. Make up a bed 80 as to secure & constant heat, and on this about three inches of good soil. Garden soil may be if it ia not too ...

FORCING ASPARAGUS,

... FORCING 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 or more stout garden frames, with glazed sashes, and a number of robust four-year or five-yearold ...

Published: Saturday 18 February 1899
Newspaper: South Eastern Advertiser
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 192 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

RHUBARB. ASPARAGUS

... RHUBARB. ASPARAGUS. ...

Published: Thursday 26 October 1882
Newspaper: Banbury Guardian
County: Oxfordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

'OWING ASPARAGUS

... 'OWING ASPARAGUS. TN. roots will now force m o m readily. especially those which have been prepared for this purpoee,and whose tops ripened off early. The late frosts will have induced a mare perfect state of rest if the crowns were exposed to the air ...

Published: Friday 27 November 1896
Newspaper: Henley & South Oxford Standard
County: Oxfordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 337 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Forcing Asparagus

... Forcing Asparagus. This delicious esculent requires much more heat to it at this season than either rhubarb seakale, and in other ways is much more costly when so treated, as the roots must have been grown for four or five years previously without being ...

Published: Saturday 08 December 1894
Newspaper: Canterbury Journal
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 1608 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

ASPARAGUS EATERS

... ASPARAGUS EATERS. The Kcal bonnier, or plant apes which no bird ever parches, or—to dertsiod from the rather poetic express's. of the Turks to oar own Terns. calm—the espareguv, hes been time Nett of mind a favourite with professed pistrommista. To ...

Published: Saturday 21 June 1879
Newspaper: East Kent Gazette
County: Kent, England
Type: | Words: 461 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Asparagus Roots

... Asparagus Roots. ‘: yearsold .. .. .. e Large, for foreing .. .. - Connover'sColossal .. .. . Garlic. Per Ib. o ) wiligi Mushroom Spawn. Best Milltrack, 4d. & 6d. cake; per bush. .. 6 ’ Rhubarb Roots. (Eztra Strong.) Sea Kale Roots. Large, dman.'lr eY ...

Published: Saturday 23 February 1878
Newspaper: South Eastern Advertiser
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 113 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Asparagus on the Continent

... Asparagus on the Continent. A few words on the way asparagus is treated on the Continent. In the first place, a newly laid out asparagus bed is left alone for the first three years, and the first crop is taken in the fourth year. As soon as the tops shew ...

Published: Saturday 11 August 1888
Newspaper: Canterbury Journal
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 127 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

ASPARAGUS BEDS

... ASPARAGUS BEDS. As asparagus is a plant that lasts a ery long time, it is desirable to prepare the bed properly at the outset. First, then, the land should be properly trenched. A good layer of green manure must be put in the bottom of the trench, and ...

Published: Saturday 03 December 1892
Newspaper: Herne Bay Press
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 1403 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

ASPARAGUS BEDS

... ASPARAGUS BEDS. NOW is the time to plant fresh beds of this delicious vegetable. Birong plants can be supphed by the undersigned of the Troe American eary. sort, « Conuovers Coloesal” at B+, per 100 seconds, 4s. 6d. e uayacd sad Bose, Byed Merohanie ...

Cultivation of Asparagus

... Cultivation of Asparagus. Among neglected crops that are profitable to grow in this country asparagus may, without doubt, be placed. It is not difficult to grow, and any farmer who lias field of good friable soil-heavy land will not do—may produce a crop ...

Published: Saturday 12 March 1887
Newspaper: Canterbury Journal
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 386 | Page: 7 | Tags: none