... ASPARAGUS. Asparagus is particularly nutritious. More space might well be given to the ha:dy perennial ediblese—sealrale, the n bc axtieboke, rhubarb and asparagus. they flourish in rougher soil than annual cro.s do, and because the crops are started ...

... to have a: least a taste of home-grown asparagus. a pound or so of the loose type is certainly better than none at all. Nevertheless. most folk will not begrudge a tea coppers for some real top quality asparagus Served in melted dairy butter. there is ...

... ASPARAGUS. All asparagus met be oonc.lndetat=4 Me that Wks unwise to Auk •onap Ow the present period la *rise have the effect of jug the beds. growth onwards be . proteoted ',revery congettable. ae- by to each growth;•vo that the wind and heavy tam -do ...

... ASPARAGUS. If all weeds and dead stems are cleared away a layer of decayed manure placed on the heds will form a good winter dressing. The virtues in the manure will be washed into the soil to the benefit of the Asparagus roots. ...

... ASPARAGUS All outtings of asparagus must be con at once. The reasomthat it is to cul this crop after the present period is because te do s0 would have the effect of weakening the beds. The growths from now onwards should be protected in ever Y conceivable ...

... ASPARAGUS BEDS. If not already done, trim up asparagus beds, removing all the surface weeds, and if the soil is light a dressing of manure may be given, and covered over with 21n. or 3in. of soil. On heavy land this dressing of manure , should be .deferred ...

... * ASPARAGUS BEDS. Ea lish Asparagus is always eagerly souglftl;yaftgl{l,g and in tl?e majority of gardens there! is generaMy, at least, one small bed. Many mysterious waterings and dressings are givc~ with the object of securing early plump “grass.” There ...

... other Asparagus 'egetabk ...

... ASPARAGUS BEDS. Immediately the whole of the gram in the asparagus bode baa turned quite brown it should be cut off for burning. It is thou certain that the abundant supplies of nutrivra matter which the green growths have penned down into the stools ...

... THE ASPARAGUS BED. I don't suppose ninny allotment-holders possess asparagus beds, but some do, and there is no good reason why others who are certain of their tenure should not follow suit. Tho grass has now turned yellow and should be cut down. ...

... FORCING ASPARAGUS. This delicious esculent inquires much more hese to force it at ithi■ season than either rhubarb or seakale,and in other ways is much more costly when so treated, as the roots must have been grown for four or five years previously without ...

... pi S FOL With « view to improve aod extent the throg shout the United culture ot asparagus Kingdom, it is pe to give a series Auual prizes, ex over period of These will he vou tan Lond Edinbarch, Dablin, aud the North and West They are gt rns tu consecative ...