. Bountiful Ridge Nurseries : your guide to better fruits and more beautiful homes for 1935. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Asparagus Catalogs. 38 FOLLOW THESE PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY 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 th
. Bountiful Ridge Nurseries : your guide to better fruits and more beautiful homes for 1935. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Asparagus Catalogs. 38 FOLLOW THESE PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY 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 Nitrate of Soda to the acre in March and give it a good top dressing of stable manure in November. Rhubarb—Prepare ground as for Asparagus. Set the plants with crown or eye two inches under ground. Plant three feet apart each way. Mulch in winter. Give clean cultivation the same as for any other Planted too shallow Planted just right. 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 Bountiful Ridge Nurseries; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Princess Anne, Md. : Bountiful Ridge Nurseries
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