... ASPARAGUS. is written from time to time as to which is the best method of quickly establishing a bed that will give early and satisfactory returns. Quite the best way of obtaining early success is that of mowing the seed singly in 3-inch pots in a cold-frame ...

... ASPARAGUS. A portion of the garden should he set aside for this delicious veActable, although it is a plant which alicidd not be planted before April, but the order for them should he given the niirsernian, aim will use his discretion regsraing the lifting ...

... ASPARAGUS BEDS: If lights can be could be well emt:Led by covering the . established asparagus . If boards Dine. wade can be placed along the sides of the beds. and the lights flayed on thews. which shock' be well covered with mats or straw each sight ...

... TREATMENT OF ASPARAGUS. The cutting of asparagus should by now have been discontinued. otherwise next year's yield will be adier-ely affected. Weed the beds thoroughly, and gist , a final application of agricultural salt. If the crop is growing on very ...

... ASPARAGUS BEDS. The earliest of three sill soon be fit to clear, and should then be lightly forked over and receive a good dressing of manure, not necessarily rotten manure, but that from the stable in a half-decayed state. This will act as a protect ...

... ASPARAGUS SOUP. The water in which the asparagus is cooked is the basis of the soup. Strain it into a large saucepan and bring it to the fwd. Wash a teacupful of rice and a good handful of sorrel leaves, or, if you have not sorrel, spinach. Place the ...

... 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 ...

... leave them in cold water for at least half an hour. Should no proper asparagus cooker he available, choose a saucepan which will allo•.e the asparagus to lie flat. Place the asparagus on a strainer if possible, otherwise tie it in a piece of muslin. Bring ...

... FORCING ASPARAGUS. Where this vegetable in in demand early in the winter no time should be lost in preparing a suitable place for totting the mat& Homegrown crowns am t►e best for the purpose if they lave been property prepared far thisearly forciag. ...

... ASPARAGUS SOUFFLE.. Boil about thirty heeds of selected asparagus; then pass them through • wire sieve. Beat up six eggs, yolks and whites together. with a tiny pinch of salt and popper. and add the asparagus. Batter well a souffle dish. Pour in the mixture ...

... ASPAIIAO The growing of asparague km been much beamed of late yams, but at the prevent time it is advisable that growers should ask themwolves whether such extension is Justifiable. As-: pantos a crop which may prove a bight paying venture, bat, the other ...

... invented the plan of boiling her asparagus in a large tin coffee-pot. This saves the trouble at tying the asparagus up in a cloth, and of dishing it up successfully afterwards. The height of the pot allows the asparagus to stand us rod : itr narrowness ...