... 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 ...

... WHY NOT ASPARAGUS? Few amateurs attempt the cultivation of asparagus, probably because they believe its management to be beyond their skill. Like many other things, however, it seems less difficult once you have made a start. Now is excellent time to ...

... 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 ...

... PLANTING ASPARAGUS. Now is the tittle to plant asparagus on the ld which been prepared for it. If yon want a crop this year, buy threeyear-old roots. When planting, -Tread the long-growing root. out as far they will go. Make ehallow trenche.—four to deep—for ...

... ASPARAGUS FERNS are most invaluable for Dinner-table Decoration, end keep their natural appearance many years.— Alex. Dickson Bone, Luailed, Royal Av. 31837 DESIGNS in Wedding Bouquet* exquidte design and elegance, Crotae#, Wreaths, 4c.; beautifully executed; ...

... ASPARAGUS TARTLETS. a•paragns and ii alted water until tender annut Itratn. and rlit ..flr the green tiret. rub the stalka throtezh a the puree replier and a little salt it not already salt enough. add a %%Anne butter and one or turn 4•11 according ...

... ASPARAGUS BEDS. Directly the growths have ripened, it becomes necessary to cut them down to within an inch or the ground and to burn them. If this is not done, the seeds will ripen and drop off the foliage, and cause a nuisance next year by germinating ...

... THE ASPARAGUS CURE The Swiss (so a Paris contem|>orary says) invent all kinds of cures to ultrart visitors heir beautiful country. Just now is the asparagus cure in Valais. Thanks to alluiitim, there is an abundance asparagus in the land in the Rhone ...

... ronCINO ASPARAGUS. N'ow it good time to begin fluxing asparagus for sale. adopting tint method and starting now, when the first crop mature*, aupphes way bad until the outdoor mipplio* are ivadv ; thun, ragus may had Clmatma* till June, or six month* ...

... CONFISCATED ASPARAGUS. It is learned that the Germans have confiscated the whole of the asparagus crop in France. German Commissions going into the fields and recording the crop so that even the growers cannot retain a single stick for themselves. Through ...

... Asparagus and Cheese HAVE you tried cooking asparagus, tips uppermost, in a jug with the lid on, inside a pan of boiling water 7 This way tips emerge undamaged. Asparagus Is usually served arranged on a dish and liberally sprinkled with melted butter ...

... 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 ...