. Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market; a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history and botany. HARVESTING AND MARKETING 87 and the knife run down close alongside of it to the proper depth, carefully avoiding other spears that are just beginning to push up all around the crown. Then the handle of the knife is moved awa}^ from the stalk, to give it the proper slant, the knife shoved down so as to sever the stalk with a tapering cut, and at the same time the stalk is pulled out. After cutting, the
. Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market; a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history and botany. HARVESTING AND MARKETING 87 and the knife run down close alongside of it to the proper depth, carefully avoiding other spears that are just beginning to push up all around the crown. Then the handle of the knife is moved awa}^ from the stalk, to give it the proper slant, the knife shoved down so as to sever the stalk with a tapering cut, and at the same time the stalk is pulled out. After cutting, the asparagus should be removed out of the sun as soon as possible to prevent its wilting and. FIG. 25—HORSE CARRIER FOR TEN BOXES OF ASPARAGUS discoloring. Usually this is done by dropping the stalks in a basket which, when full (Fig. 23), is carried to the bunching shed. On large plantations, however, the cutters leave the stalks on the ground to be picked up by bo3^s following closely, as seen in Fig. 24. To facilitate the picking up and carrying away, horse carriers are used, as shown in Fig. 25. In some secftions of Europe, especiall}- at the famous asparagus regions of Argenteuil, a knife is never used. According to W. Robinson : * * The slightly hardened crust around the emerging bud and on top of the little mound is pushed aside, the fore and middle finger. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hexamer, F. M. (Fred Maier). New York, Orange Judd
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