... ASPARAGUS. There are every year perhaps more failures in the management of asparagus than of any other vegetable. Why it should so it is d fficnlt to understand, seeing that the con- ditions of its management, as generally understood, are of no very intricate ...

... of the stalks, from twenty-five to forty minutes. If asparagus be boiled, it should be placed on a strainer or tied in muslin, to facilitate lifting it in and out of the water. If steaming asparagus, place a piece of muslin at the bottom of the steamer ...

... TO COOK ASPARAGUS. Cut the stalks of the asparagus the same l%&h, scrape the white part lightly with a knife from the tips downwards, wash in cold water, tie into bundles with tape, keeping the heads all one way, and soak in cold water for about half ...

... TO COOK ASPARAGUS. Cut the et•:ka of the asparagus the same length, scrape the white part lightly with a knife from the tips downwards, wash in cold water, tie into bundles with tape, keeping the heads all one way, and soak in cold eater for about half ...

... PLANTING ASPARAGUS. Rarely is it safe to plant asparagus before April, and even then the work should be delayed if the weather or the soil be ccld. The pleats should bt, to arranged in the toil that the corms are covered to a depth of 2in., but instead ...

... A BED OF ASPARAGUS. spate might well be given the hardy perennial edibles—seakide. the Globe artichoke. rhubarb *ml asparagus. They flourish in rougher soil than will annual op , . and the crop is started from plants instead of seeds. or even scudling ...

... 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 ...

... 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. ...

... alivvate€ am a Vegiluiuie, th ‘uny shoo. neine eaten hike asparagus. The plant i ...

... MeiL—Tliose who are fortunate enough to possess an asparagus bed often prejudice its chances by con- Milling to cut the produce too late in the season. Old-fashioned gardeners used to consider that asparagus ought not to be cut after the end of June. and ...

... keep away the wasps. THZ ASPARAGUS BED. who are fortunate esengli to possess an asparagus bed prejudice sts chances by i continuing to cut tie produce too late n the mama. Old-fashioned gardeners used to consider that asparagus ought act to be cut after ...

... serious strikes, with the resulting big financial losses. A Bed of Asparagus. More space might well bo given to the hardy perennial edibles seakale, the globe artichoke, rhubarb and asparagus. They flourish in Tougher soil than will annual crops; and because ...