Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . spring bypacking in barrels with a little moist sand or sawdust. The barrels are then covered withstraw and a fewinches of soil addedto protect the rootsagainst severe freez-ing. The growershould bear in mindthe fact that the as-paragus plantationshould last at leastten years; thereforethe soil should beprepared with theutmost care. Theland should be heav-ily manured, plowedand then harroweduntil it is thoroughlypulverized. Planting distan-ces vary greatly. Ifblanched o r whiteshoo
Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . spring bypacking in barrels with a little moist sand or sawdust. The barrels are then covered withstraw and a fewinches of soil addedto protect the rootsagainst severe freez-ing. The growershould bear in mindthe fact that the as-paragus plantationshould last at leastten years; thereforethe soil should beprepared with theutmost care. Theland should be heav-ily manured, plowedand then harroweduntil it is thoroughlypulverized. Planting distan-ces vary greatly. Ifblanched o r whiteshoots are to begrown, there shouldbe at least five feetbetween rows, inorder to provideplenty of soil forridging. If greenshoots—and they aregaining in popular-ity on Americanmarkets—are to begrown, four feet be-tween rows willprovide sufficientspace for the use ofhorse cultivators,though many grow-ers prefer a distance of four and one-half feet. Two feet between plants inthe row is the most common distance, whether white or green shoots 1 Courtesy of Department of Horticulture, Pennsylvania State Bunching Asparagus Ready for pays to grade to a uniform size relative to color, lengthand size of bunches. VEGETABLES AND THEIR CULTURE 385 are to be grown. The crown of the asparagus comes nearer to the surfaceof the ground every year, because the new bulbs form somewhat higherthan those from which the shoots of the previous season grew. Thisnecessitates planting in trenches, which is also an advantage when therows are to be ridged for the production of white shoots. The roots should be planted just as early in the spring as the groundcan be prepared. It is not desirable to make the trenches any deeper thanthe soil is ordinarily plowed. The fleshy roots are set on a tiny mound ofsoil, spread out and covered at first to a depth of not more than two conditions for growth are favorable, the new plants will soon appear andthe trenches should be filled in g
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