... HOW TO GROW ASPARAGUS. The liest lieds are usually obtained by sowing seed, but it job you cannot do quite quickly us sowing turnips, neither is it crop for quick returns. It best grown in beds three feet wide anil two feet alley-ways, so that you can ...

... CEASE CUTTING ASPARAGUS. One of |.he reasons why asparagus does not prove successful is that cutting continues far too long in the summer. The advice of the professional gardener is that cutting should cease the third week in June, and very good advice ...

... kt‘i, ASPARAGUS CULTURE. A.spagagus will grow in any soil that well cultivated; a deep rich sandy Loam being especially suitable. Cultivation must begin a thorough preparation of the ground. Efficient drainage is imperative, tor stagnant water in the ...

... THE VEGETABLE PLOT. eNtlvaties of Asparagus. ASPARAGUS iibould be more generally groan in small gardens, for it is by no means a dear crop. It may he grown from seed. if one is prepared to waft longer for the produce, or plants may be bought at the age ...

... ROW PLANT ASPARAGUS. plan ie to plant one-yiesr-old Muff, ea oan be bought more cheaply, Eliouch one to wait longer for the separating bed to come into bearing. The bed should be deeply trenched and liberally =inured. ...

... A BED OP ASPARAGUS. More space should given the hardy perennial edibles—seakale. the globe artichoke, rhubarb, and asparagus. They flourish in rougher soil than hnnual crops do, because the creme are started from plants instead of seedlings. Besides having ...

... OF HAPPINESS. ANTIQUITY OF ASPARAGUS. Asparagus sae cultivated in Rome two I hundred years B C.. and Pliny, in his Historic Natural mentions that near Ravenna there grew a kind of which three heads weighed a pound. Asparagus floaribbod also in Greece ...

... DON’T FORGET ASPARAGUS KALE. Asparagus kale is one of the most useful of all spring vegetables for allotment holders and amateurs; the sprouts or young shoots make an excellent dish. Now suitable time to sow seeds to provide plante for putting out in ...

... THE VEGETABLE PLOT. Proloratiso of Asparagus It N netther nor wise to plant asparague until the is warm, will not be before April. there Is no time the preeent for making the bed. A well. made asparagus bed will last missy years and is therefore worth ...

... VEGETABLE PLOT. Making an Asparagus Bad. usually asparagus is not planted till the soil begin,; get warm in the spring, it is well to prepare a bed during the winter, so That the soil may settle down after deep trenchinz and by the time of planting. ‘n ...

... THE BANK BUILDINGS FOOD SECTION. ASPARAGUS I | i | Libby's Asparagus Nom. 2£s per tin 1/4 | | „ „ Tips „ Is „ | I > ...

... » IDEAL SAUCE FOR ASPARAGUS. It i, now to buy premier i/t/alily linnfii asparagus pert/ reasonable price. It is so good that when duly serred at table it it impossible to distinguish it from the fresh-grown vegetable. The ideal sauce to serve with it ...