134 Ria'ouT OK the P.otamst of riiio 



rnns thions'b the laltcr and joins the lai\2jer stream. Part of tlie 

 field had oncis been a swamp which had been drained and loamed 

 before setting to asparagus. In fact one portion of this field 

 showed a clay loam, another stiff claj-, another clay with shale 

 and cobble stones intermixed and still another was black muck 

 loamed on the surface. No portion of the field is over eight feet 

 above the water-table and over most of the field water could be 

 reached within five feet. On this field there were growing nine 

 rows of Palmetto and thirteen rows of Moore's Hybrid, the re- 

 maining rows being unknown varieties. 



Only slight differences in the amount of rust on any of the 

 above vareties were noticeable, the best portions showing the 

 yellow-brown color of a badly rusted field. Both stages of the 

 rust were found here. 



A member of the Company, Mr. Hinds, kindly drove me to 

 another field of fifteen acres located on higher ground. Tliis 

 field, consisting of Moore's Hybrid and Conover's Colossal, is 

 situated on a side hill, the top being about eighty feet and the 

 base fifty feet above the creek. The rows of asparagus are long 

 and straight, not following the contour of the hill. The soil is 

 a sandy loam with some clay and enough humus to make a black 

 sandy loam. Apparently the soil is the same in all parts of the 

 field. Abou»t one-third of the field consists of a new bed which 

 had been set two years but had not come into cutting. This new 

 portion is on the lowest part of the field, near the base of the hill. 

 The remaining two-thirds of the field are older beds which had 

 been cut for four or five years and at the same time had received 

 liberal applications of stable manure, 15 to 20 loads per acre 

 each year. This older portion covers the crest and upper half 

 of the side of the knoll. Aside from manuring, the whole field 

 had received the same cultivation the past year. 



The asparagus on the top of this hill was so free from the rust 

 that we had to search some time before finding an infested stalk. 

 Following down the rows we soon came to a belt of yellowish- 

 green plants; here the rust was plentiful. A little further down, 

 the plants were all brown, with little foliage left, and still further 



