... is attained by laying the asparagus upon a clean napkin. Theodore Child pertinently remarks: If you do find asparagus nerved on toast do not offer to eat the toast, any more than you would offer to eat the napkin. Asparagus shoidd be served on a long ...

... ASPARAGUS GROWN AT TOPSHAM WESTCOUNTRY AGRICULTURAL TOPICS . BRITISH CROPS i\OT MEET THE DEMAND References to crops in the Exeter area are made in Asparagus (Ministry of Agriculture Bulletin, No. 60. Is.). Asparagus has been grown in the Topsham district ...

... CABBTGE AND ASPARAGUS INSECTS. Botrd of Agriculture has issued couple of interesting leaflets with the vie* of placing at the disposal of farmers' an° gardeners information concerning, preventive and remedial measures for the treatment the cabbage-root ...

... Londoners Who Have Never Tasted Asparagus Mr. S. J. P. Jeary, director of Messrs. Munro, said he felt there was scope in South Devon for growing asparagus. There was a tremendous population in London which had not even tasted asparagus, yet he had still to find ...

... GOOD SALE FOR ASPARAGUS DEVON CROPS GET TOP PRICES SUPPLY NEEDED BY CANNERIES BY OUR AGRICULTURAL CORRESPONDENT. asparagus has been fetching a higher price in Covent Garden market this season than the produce of Worcestershire, Cambridge, or Suffolk. ...

... handling of supplies, and also to make asparagus more attractive to the public. Three grades of asparagus will be marketed. They will be known as Extra Selected, Selected, and Choice ; and both white and green asparagus will be brought within the scheme ...

... PREPARING ASPARAGUS BEDS. Sloil.—Doep, rich, and thorceighly drained roils in open situations are beat. Aa a crop will remain productive for many yeara•if per preparation be made,the ground should be deeply trenched and re-trenched in autumn and winter ...

... BEST ASPARAGUS EUROPE Reputation Of A Devon Grower PLYMOUTH LECTURE That many parts of South Devon could grow the best asparagus the country, and that Topsham (near Exeter) market gardener was already producing the best asparagus Europe, according large ...

... dressing asparagus the fits returseé than before. fia now owns & restsun® spring he helped his own cooks on® busy and plucked a few stalks of asparague: T asthma came on at once with unususl 70 he was ill for several days. The incresse ance of asparagus is ...

... whenever he assisted the under cooks in dressing asparagus the fits returned worse than before. He now owns a restaurant. Last spring he helped his own cooks on • busyevening, and plucked a few stalks of asparagus. The he Atm of asthma came on at one with unusual ...

... A NOVEL ASPARAGUS STEAMER. For cooking asparagus the best utensil is s large tin coffee-pot. Its height admits of the asparagus standing on end. Its narrowness prevents the tips from toppling over. The spout gives en outlet in case of the water boiling ...

... FORCING ASPARAGUS AT NYNEHEAD COURT. The method forcing asparagus which I wish to bring under the notice of your readers, and which I consider highly commendable, is that which practised at Nynehead Court, near Wellington, Somer set, the seat of E. A ...