. ILLUSTRATION OF THE PROCESS OF PREPARING AxN ASPARAGUS BED. In this case there being three trenches five feet apart and twenty-four inches deep, each trench filled to a depth of eight inches of well-decayed stable manure, the roots placed on top of the manure in the bottom of the trenches at eighteen inches apart, and covered at first by one inch of earth. As the Asparagus plants develop in size the earth is hoed in until finally by the end of the second year the entire surface is level; the object of the deep plantins; being that the root crowns shall be far below the reach of an Asparagus
. ILLUSTRATION OF THE PROCESS OF PREPARING AxN ASPARAGUS BED. In this case there being three trenches five feet apart and twenty-four inches deep, each trench filled to a depth of eight inches of well-decayed stable manure, the roots placed on top of the manure in the bottom of the trenches at eighteen inches apart, and covered at first by one inch of earth. As the Asparagus plants develop in size the earth is hoed in until finally by the end of the second year the entire surface is level; the object of the deep plantins; being that the root crowns shall be far below the reach of an Asparagus cutting knife, but after five or six years the crowns rise nearer the surface. This plant succeeds best on sandy soil, though reclaimed marsh land, when freed from water, is admirably adapted to its culture; the lighter the soil the earlier the plants shoot in the Spring. Of whatever character the ground may be, it should be well cleared of trash or other incumbrances, and in a .good state of cultivation. The land is prepared by opening deep trenches, five Or six feet apart, by passing a two-horse plow twice to each furrow, throwing a furrow slice to the right and left, and finally cleaning and deepening the furrow by a third passage of the plow. The roots are planted in the bottom of the furrow, at eighteen inches apart,, and covered by an inch of soil. , yStable manure should be applied in the furrow before the roots are placed, or on top of the roots after they are covered. North of the latitude of Washington, Spring planting, when the Peach is in bloom, is considered to give the best results, but south of Washington, Fall planting has proven the best. We can ship Asparagus roots from October to April to any point within 3,000 miles, but they must be planted as soon ⢠as received, as if exposed to the air are soon injin-ed in â \, ' "- If the rows be six feet apart, about 5,000 plants are required to plant an acre; if at eight feet apart, 3,000 plants, are req
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