. Bountiful Ridge Nurseries : your 1939 guide to better fruits and more beautiful homes. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Asparagus Catalogs. Almost Sure to Live Almost Sure to Die Asparagus—Prepare ground by deep plowing or spad- ing. To have it ready early it should be planted on light soil. The sprouts are not usually cut for the market until the second year after planting, except to mow down the canes in the fall or spring. Plant from four to five inches deep, covering with only three inches of soil at first, and cover the remainder a
. Bountiful Ridge Nurseries : your 1939 guide to better fruits and more beautiful homes. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Asparagus Catalogs. Almost Sure to Live Almost Sure to Die Asparagus—Prepare ground by deep plowing or spad- ing. To have it ready early it should be planted on light soil. The sprouts are not usually cut for the market until the second year after planting, except to mow down the canes in the fall or spring. Plant from four to five inches deep, covering with only three inches of soil at first, and cover the remainder as the plants grow. The rows should be five feet apart, with the plants set two feet apart in the row. Broadcast about five bushels of salt and three hundred pounds of Ni- trate of Soda to the acre in March and give it a good top dressing of stable manure in November. Ornamentals—Dig holes large enough to accomodate all roots without bending or cramping. Fill the hole with good top dirt and firm it hard. When the hole is three-fourths full allow a bucket or more of water to seep away around the roots, after which the hole may be entirely filled. It is well to mulch the tree immediately to prevent drying* out. Prune all the limbs back to five or seven g-ood buds, even though the appearance of the tree is impaired by such treatment. Water trees during the summer months and give them plenty of attention until they have become well established. Large sizes of shade trees can often be staked to advantage until their roots have obtained good anchorage in the soil. If planted in beds or groups the ground should be spaded deeply and well worked. If shrubs are set as individual specimens they should be planted the same as trees. Set shrubs at the same depth as they stood in the nursery row, or with their crowns at about the surface of the ground. Water the plants well during the hot; dry weather and keep the ground well stirred around them. Most shrubs require judicious pruning at pl
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