. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. ASPARAGUS ASPARAGUS 105 crimiijating market, however, are those an inch or more in diameter and delieiously succulent, which one can grow onlj' on good plants set far enough apart on well- drained, well-manured and well-tilled soil. To secure earliness of crop, the land selected for an Asparagus patch should be
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. ASPARAGUS ASPARAGUS 105 crimiijating market, however, are those an inch or more in diameter and delieiously succulent, which one can grow onlj' on good plants set far enough apart on well- drained, well-manured and well-tilled soil. To secure earliness of crop, the land selected for an Asparagus patch should be a warm loam, preferably exposed to south or east. Manures of any kind may be used with greatest liberality, too much being almost out of the question. Unless the soil is already well supplied with vegetable matter, and for that reason very loose and mellow, bulky manures, such as fairly-well rotted stable manure or rich compost, are almost indispensable at the start. A heavy dressing is to be plowed under. Afterwards concentrated manures, rich iu nitrogen and potash, will do very well for lot,se soils, and may be used broadcast on top, as the crop seems to need them from year to year. Much depends on good plants. These are easily grown. To grow one's own supply for starting a plantation is ordinarily a safer plan than to depend on purchased plants. Use strong 1-year plants in preference to older ones. The male, or pollen-bearing plants, are more vigorous, therefore more productive of good stalks and more profitable than the female or seed- bearing plants ; but it is not always an easy task to dis- tinguish the one from the other at an early age unless they bloom. To raise the plants, sow seed in early spring thinly in drills, iu a well-prepared seed-bed. Have the drills a foot apart; cover the seed half an inch to an inch deep, and thin the plants early to stand 3 inches apart. With the same attention as that demanded by other close-planted garden vegetables, strong plants wil
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