... ASPARAGUS. There are several varieties of asparagus, including the white, violet, and green. The two former nre often forced to an enormous size. and are expensive, but the green. villich is more naturally grown, is generally the better flavoured. The ...

... good deal can be done to prove the asparagus bed from now on» ards by keeping down weeds, which should he done by hand, not with the hoe, bs water- ing in dry weather, and by applyi a hghte dressing of salt Asparagus is « aside plant, and the salt is very ...

... KING AN ASPARAGUS BED This delicious vegetable is usually re- garded as being suitable only for cultiva- tion in large gardens where a trained staff is employed. There is. however, no reason why that should he so, for there are no secrets concerning its ...

... CARE ( fl ASPARAGUS REDS. An asparagus bed will last a generation,l even a lifetime. and continuo productive if it is carefully attended to. IMI-fashioned garikowrs always had a fixed date on to cutting asparagus. namely. June 21. After then no stems ...

... ALLOTM AND GARDENS. By SPaDEW ORKER. WHY NOT HOME-GROWN ASPARAGUS? There is no reason why everyone having the necessary room should not grow There is no more delicious asparagus. vegetable than this in carly summer, and if the opportunity exists amateurs ...

... and decorative plant commonly called asparagus fern is for mixing with cut flowers. The plant itself is mo•t attractive And may he kept in a room window during the summer months. in fact, I have known this asparagus to he grown permanently in a room window ...

... prow good asparagus on hes y than on light land, for this crop must have cool and deep soil ; om ba that dries out rapidly in hot weather it to keep asparagus flourish £ eN- yt by heavily malching the bed with re, The usual width of an asparagus hed is 5 ...

... FCC VAIIIATIONP. Six eggs. small hunch of rooked asparagus. 2 oas. butter, one tablespoonful of milk. salt, pepper. l' of nutmeg. Warm the butter and milk in a saucepan, put in the eggs. add the asparagus and •rnsiming, stir over the fire until all begins ...

... ALLOTMENT WORK THAT PAYS. I know that some of my readers grow asparagus on their plots and take a good deal of pride in the cultivation of this delicious vegetable. They should remember that asparagus ought not to be cut after the third week in June, otherwise ...

... until the stalks are tender — the green tips, of course, cook in the steam—then untie the bundles and drain thoroughly. Asparagus is much more successfully cooked in this way than if immersed lengthways in boiling water, for then ton often the stalks ...

... well-balanced diet. Apart from the nourishment to be derived from them, some types of vegetable have a definite medicinal value. Asparagus, for instance, is a blood purifier; spinach has a direct effect upon the kidneys; tomatoes are excellent for the liver; beets ...

... THE ARBROATH GUIDE, 58: | UP TMK WEE ere Ao oY There is, of course, the ordinary cultivated asparagus fern, which is lightful with sweet peas, but fennel lo equally well, and gives more shelter. sprig or two of flowering mint will fi gap in most vases ...