... ASPARAGUS. There arc certain g.trdeniug •which more than others to mark the number discontinuance of cutting asparagus and the planting out of celery. V»e have looked forward to ‘‘grass,” and we have enjoyed it during its brief season, and only moderately ...

... ASPARAGUS. are reminded every year, late May, by tho competition held Evesham, that know well «as any country how grow large and fine asparagus. Bundles of 120 heads are there exhibited weighing from 20lbs. to 251b5., and fetching about 2s per lb. But ...

... ASPARAGUS After flowering a good practice to give occasional watering with liquid manure, as with asparagus, encourage the growth which supplie* the buds for next year’s growth. A-paragus has ia its growth this resemblance the lily of th© valley that ...

... years the most important town in the asparagus growing district. It is. noted for its prominence in the trade generally, and to-day the locality perfect industry, and liug© vegetable mart. The most thing about asparagus culture has been its raj>.d development ...

... ASPARAGUS. It quite sound practice cease cutting asparagus in the Midlands about the June. Very ample reason can be given for abstinence from the Shylock insistence on. the last ounce of flesh.” 1 1 you cut late you pay for what you secure at the end ...

... ASPARAGUS, fSKCLUiT Coerr*tßUTßD.] **AT. A B.” GreeiO writes; —I have a fina of Csotertrary bells. One pink and saucer eariely particularly pleases me. I save seed dereloped this plant will it oome true? I cannot speak from any experience of seed saving ...

... ASPARAGUS CHEAP, Asparagus i» cheap to-day, but, it thought, will be doarcr to-morrow. This will not bo due to any falling off in the supply, but the increased demand which expected to-morrow, it being a canon in roost households to include the succulent ...

... ASPARAGUS SCARCE. The oold weather has cheeked the arrival of some of the English produce which might have been expected on the Birmingham market this week, and there is notably absence of Evesham asparagus, of which small quantities were being offered ...

... may—despite the low price of real asparagus—still see ‘ wild asparagus’ sold the roadside at 2d. a hunch. This substitute (which is said to taste something like the genuine thing and is sometimes known as Rath asparagus) is the Star of Bethlehem, which ...

... ASPARAGUS IS P THIS YEAR’S CROP A FORTNIGHT LATE The English asparagus season i . height. “Until the middle of June , vegetable will bo both plentiful in price. This year’s crop is a r owing to the cold dull weather at of May which checked the plants ...

... red letter occasion by gourmets, for the first Evesham asparagus of the season is on offer in Birmingham shops—at 10s. 6d. a bundle of 60 heads. Asparagus should “ swim in melted butter when served! Similar austerity will apply to the appearance on a few ...

... SUMMER CULTIVATION OF ASPARAGUS. The method growing asparagus in private gardens in this country is eo expensive in the initial that it is but little practised. Asparagus is a greedy plant and requires lot of manure in order to produce good heads; but ...