. 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. Asparagus; cbk. HARVESTING AND MARKETING 85 face, the upper half of the stalk is green while the lower half remains white. For green asparagus the sprouts are cut when six or seven inches high, and then only so far below the surface as to furnish a stalk about nine inches long. For the white style the rows have to be ridged twelve inches above the crowns, and the stalks are cut as soon. FIG. 23—BASKE
. 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. Asparagus; cbk. HARVESTING AND MARKETING 85 face, the upper half of the stalk is green while the lower half remains white. For green asparagus the sprouts are cut when six or seven inches high, and then only so far below the surface as to furnish a stalk about nine inches long. For the white style the rows have to be ridged twelve inches above the crowns, and the stalks are cut as soon. FIG. 23—BASKET OK ASPARAGUS READY FOR THE BUNCHING SHED as the tops show above the ground, the cutting off being eight or nine inches below the surface. Whichever method is followed, it is very impor- tant to cut every day during the season, and to cut clean at each cutting, taking all the small sprouts as well as the large ones. If the weak and spindling shoots are allowed to grow they will draw away the strength from the roots, to the injury of the crop. When cutting, the sprout is taken in the left hand. 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); Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress) DLC. New York : Orange Judd
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