Shumway's annual illustrated garden guide and seed catalogue. . Jersey Wakefield Cabbage. Large Drumhead Ice Drumhead Lettuce, Long Persian or Cassaba Musk-Melon. VEGETABLE SEEDS GROWN AND FOR SALE BY R. H. SHUMWAY, ROCKFORD, ILL. Asparagus. How to Grow Asparagus Successfully.—I think it quite advisable to soakthe seed in water about twenty-four hours, and then sow to a sufficient depthto prevent the seed becoming dry after planting. A very rich and light soil ispreferable, and thorough culture is necessary. The soil should be stirred verydeep, and each spring the rows should be
Shumway's annual illustrated garden guide and seed catalogue. . Jersey Wakefield Cabbage. Large Drumhead Ice Drumhead Lettuce, Long Persian or Cassaba Musk-Melon. VEGETABLE SEEDS GROWN AND FOR SALE BY R. H. SHUMWAY, ROCKFORD, ILL. Asparagus. How to Grow Asparagus Successfully.—I think it quite advisable to soakthe seed in water about twenty-four hours, and then sow to a sufficient depthto prevent the seed becoming dry after planting. A very rich and light soil ispreferable, and thorough culture is necessary. The soil should be stirred verydeep, and each spring the rows should be thoroughly sprinkled with salt, un-less it be near the sea coast. Asparagus makes a splendid substitute for greenpeas, in early spring, and every garden should have a good bed of it. Con-overs Colossal and Shumways Giant are by far the best varieties, as they canbe cut for market a year earlier than other varieties. It is advisable to trans-plant into rows when the plants are a year old, setting the plants ten inchesapart, and leave the rows three feet apart to admit of deep culture with a plants shoul
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