. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. 70 B. K. Bliss & Sons' Catalogue. Artichoke Green Globe. Pa^re 69. Conover's Colossal Asparagus. PagelO. ASPARA
. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. 70 B. K. Bliss & Sons' Catalogue. Artichoke Green Globe. Pa^re 69. Conover's Colossal Asparagus. PagelO. ASPARAGUS. [Asjoaragus officinalis, Lin. Asperge, Pk. Spargel, Ger.] Culture.—Soak the seed twenty-four hours in tepid water, and sow early in Spring in rows a foot apart, and keep clean by frequent weeding and hoeing. At one or two years old transplant to permanent beds. The ground should be trenched, or dug over, two feet deep, bur3'ing plentj' of manure,— decayed leaves, leaf mold, rock-weed or kelp, when it can be had,—and mixing it thoroughly with the soil. Lay out the beds four and a half feet wide, and draw three drills, fourteen inches apart and six inches deep, lengthwise of each bed; place the roots in them, a foot apart, in their natural position, and cover four inches deep. A rich, sandy loam is most suitable. Every Autumn, after clearing off the stalks, spread on a covering of manure, to be forked in, with a good dressing of fine salt very early in the Spring. A new bed should not be cut over before the third year. If by mail in quantities of 4 ounces and upwards, postage must be added at the rate of 16c. per pound. Large Green Piirple Top, or Giant.—An old and well-known variety. Per pkt., 5 cents; oz., 10; M lb., 20; lb., 60. Conover's Colossal.—A new and imi)roved variety of very large size, from two and a lialf to four and a half inches in circumference; tender, productive and of good quality. Per pkt., 5 cents; oz., 10; }i lb., 20; lb., 60. Conover's Colos
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