Spring catalogue of seeds, bulbs and plants for 1890 . ASPARAGUS CHICHORV. Asparagus (^Ijicfyory. This remarkable vegetable is quite new. It is a wonderfulcurative for all disorders of the stomach. It produces a largequantity of compact short stems, which, when cut are repro-duced time after time. The benefit derived from the con-sumption of these stems for only a short time, by those havingweak digestion, is said to be remarkable. The leaves whenboiled make a very wholesome and delicious salad, and thestrong shoots when young and tender are cooked and eatenlike asparagus. It can be blanched a
Spring catalogue of seeds, bulbs and plants for 1890 . ASPARAGUS CHICHORV. Asparagus (^Ijicfyory. This remarkable vegetable is quite new. It is a wonderfulcurative for all disorders of the stomach. It produces a largequantity of compact short stems, which, when cut are repro-duced time after time. The benefit derived from the con-sumption of these stems for only a short time, by those havingweak digestion, is said to be remarkable. The leaves whenboiled make a very wholesome and delicious salad, and thestrong shoots when young and tender are cooked and eatenlike asparagus. It can be blanched and rendered very tenderby simply covering. When fully known this vegetable willprove to be a valuable acquisition to our gardens and vegeta-ble markets, and no garden should be without it. Per Packet15 cents. SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1890. 15.
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