... ASPARAGUS Choose the asparagus very fresh and tender. Cut the pieces all one length and wash them well, scraping the white part lightly with a knife. Tie together with a piece of tape, keeping the heads all one way. Put it into a saucepan with sufficient ...

... ASPARAGUS Those who grow Asparagus, either as a vegetable or for decorative purposes, will tind host of weeds forgathering among the old stems. As the plants are shallow-rooted, they should be hand-weeded. But the alleys between the beds can be forked ...

... Asparagus. bosom . And, apart from his excellent table manners and his skilful manipulation and mastication of baked fish, I must say at, once that John Daniel has set a fashion in eating asparagus which will no doubt be followed by the smart set. Although ...

... Asparagus. When selecting asparagus, see that the cut end is fresh, and the head straight. Scrape off the white skin from the lower end, and cut the stalks into equal lengths. Let them remain in cold water until they are 'squired al be cooked. Put 2 ...

... ASPARAGUS A bed of Asparagus will last ton or twenty years when once made. If the soil is heavy. the bed must be tamed above the ground level by diggitg out. a path. inches deep. in each side of a three foot bed. The !soil from the path is turned on to ...

... ASPARAGUS Patience is virtue which most, gardeners acquire, even if do not possess it naturally, and one of lite greatest tests to which this is pill is when waiting for crop of \sparagus from seeds of one own ing. seeds sown now. drills an inch deep ...

... manner. e Asparagus may be steamed in an ordinary steamer if first wrapped in muslin, and is then dished according to the directions for boiled asparagus. Asparagus takes from 45 minutes to 1 hour to steam. The sauces usually served with asparagus are: butter ...

... Asparagus. crop may be grown in a of the garden where rhubarb. .ca-kale and other perennial crops are cultivated. as it will then not interlere with the proper digging and other tillage of the land which is toe growing annual erotic. Asparagus requires ...

... till tender and serve with melted butter. There are horrifying recipes for asparagus pudding, asparague croquettes, and other monstrosities. The man with a palate only wants asparagus plain. E. M. D. ...

... ASPARAGUS. Finest Californian, large green, about 40 spears, per tin, lib., ozs.nett. Usual price, l/7§. Monthly Offer Price, l>er tin, 1/Si 3 tins for 4/4 ...

... ASPARAGUS Large tin 1 IP, MACEDOINES, Mixed Vegetable 9uart tin 1/4 ...

... ASPARAGUS. Judging by my correspondence I think the asparagus is becoming popular as a ‘egetable, and several readers have asked for advice on the treatment of the crop. The best time to make a new asparagus bed is April, just when the young plants show ...