... ASPARAGUS Asparagus is another attractive subject which can be grown on a small scale. It is imposs bit to make the soil too good if large heads are to be obtained. The quicker the growth, the better the results. But it is a slow process from sowing to ...

... Asparagus, In established beds that have provided the main supply, tho plants should henceforward be cut less severely, and cutting should cease altogether before the end of tho present month, or, at tho latest, early in July, after which time the stronger ...

... Asparagus, For planting Asparagus, drills arc best opened with the spade. This can be done in light and well pulverised ground with a heavy draw hoe, but it is easier and better done with the spade. The drills should be from 2in, to 3in. in depth, and ...

... Asparagus. Plants in the seed bed should be thinned out distances of 4in. to 6in. apart, and the surface of the ground should kept frequently stirred. Seeds may still be sown, if by any chance the operation has been neglected, or seeds have failed to ...

... lift the roots for forcing. It should bo remembered that Asparagus is capable of withstanding considerable amount of frost without injury, and, as with most other vegetables, so with Asparagus, if the plants can be subjected to some extreme influence ...

... Asparagus. From crowns that were lifted at about the middle of November and placed on a well-preparodhot-bed, a good cutting of Asparagus isoften obtained up to the beginning of December. The weather having been up to the present very mild, it has only ...

... THE ASPARAGUS BEDS Directly the growths have ripened, it becomes necessary to cut them down to in an inch or of the ground and to burn them. If this is not done, the seeds will ripen and drop off the foliage, and causa a nuisance next year germinating ...

... Asparagus Plots, The tops indicate that the roots are about to take a rest by the golden colour they are assuming, but too great haste in cutting the stems down should not be indulged in, as generally there are a few that struggle to remain green long ...

... ASPARAGUS ROLLS. Cut the tops from small dinner rolls, scoop out the soft part, and place the rolls in the oven to crisp. Warm the green part of some cooked asparagus in a gill of white sauce, add the beaten yolk of an egg and stir over the fire until ...

... ASPARAGUS BEDS Directly the growths have ripened, becomes necessary to cut them down within an inch or so of the ground and to burn thorn. If this is not done, the seeds will ripen and drop off the foliage, and cause nuisance next year germinating between ...

... THE ASPARAGUS BED Asparagus stems should now be cut close to the ground with shears and burnt. Weeds should be cleared off and the bed left clean. The surface may then be covered with a three-inch layer of half-decayed farmyard manure, and finished off ...

... THE ASPARAGUS BED. The autumn treatment of asparagus has little influence upon the succeeding crop. soon as the “grass” is yellow cut down, leaving a few inches of stem to infllcate the positions of the roots. Avoid dropping the seed all over the bed ...