... ASPARAGUS. Toe Roots.—Tbe;ii;ini;;LOt the yield depends directly on the strength of , te roots forced, s) that four, five, or six-year -old clumps must be employed. Dug late in autumn, with the least possible rujory to their roots, those intended for ...

... Asparagus. Asparagus is a thing which always fetches a good price, is really easy to grow, and there is no great expense in the matter, the only trouble being that one has to wait three or four years before the stools are in full bearing condition. One ...

... Asparagus. The month of April is passing away rapidly I now, and before long tbe plants, even in open- I air beds, will be shewing signs of returning growth. A good plan, the way, of protecting the tender tops from late frosts is to cover each evening ...

... Forcing Asparagus*. Thb roots will now force more readily, especially those which have been prepared for this purpose, and whose tops ripened off early. The late frosts will have induced a more perfect state of rest the crowns were exposed to the air ...

... Forcing Asparagus. This delicious esculent requires much more heat to orce it at this season than either rhubarb or seakale, and other ways is much more costly when so treated, the roots must have been grown for four five years rf uselcss ', >d must thrown ...

... Asparagus Mould. This vegetable now fall season, and the following recipe makes such delicious and uncommon entree or sapper dish that 1 feel sura many readers may like to try it. Obtain good-sized bundle of very fresh and voung asparagus, cat off the ...

... Feeding Asparagus. If the crop this vegetable deficient la quality quantity, is just as likely b« the result of overfeeding untimely feeding insufficient food. 1 have seen excellent crops on land containing little manure, but what food was supplied was ...

... Iris not often that the daintiest and most expensive is used as food fur but the asparagus has been eo large all over that in some ¥ for a could be found to pay a basketfule were gisen to the cows and pound, and whole THEFT OF PUSTAL LETTERS. In the Inverness ...

... Asparagus Soup. Take about one hundred head- of asparagus. Cut off the soft part ami U»il nn'il tender. Drain these, and throw halt into water until the soup is nearly ready for ferring. Press the rest of the heads through a tammy, and stir into this ...

... Asparagus Culture. All garden ground devoted to the crop should, if possible, be turned 3ft deep, and heavily manured with green manure towards the bottom and decayed manure towards the top, in a position where young roots when forming can derive sustenance ...

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... THE FIRST ASPARAGUS THE SEASON. Farmer (at marketdinner). — Wull, gen'elmen, I dunno wot the way o'servin' these 'ere, but I gen'elly eats just the ends of 'em myself!' [Helps himself to the tops !]—Punca. ...