December 26, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



913 



MASSACHUSETTS ASPARAGUS 

 GROWERS' ASSOCIATION. 



At Iho sixth luuiual tiold clay held 

 at the Experiment Station, Concord, 

 C. W. Prcscott presided at the meet- 

 ing and introduced Prof. J. B. Norton 

 of the U. S. Department ot Agricul- 

 ture as the first speaker, who spoke 

 about his work at the Experiment 

 Station, in part, as follows: 



"Most seedlings planted at the sta- 

 tion this year have proved to be rust 

 resistant. The work has reached 

 such a stage that there will soon be 

 a large number ot seeds and roots for 

 distribution. The lack ot rust in this 

 part of the country may be attributed 

 to the fact that the farmers are now 

 planting rust-resistant varieties." 



Ur. Brooks of the Massachusetts 

 Agriculture College was the next 

 speaker. He said: 



"Nitrate of soda when applied to 

 plots which have received a liberal 

 application of acid phosphate and 

 muriate of potash invariably gives an 

 increase. But while in our experi- 

 ments the results are not exactly 

 consistent. 1 believe the conclusion is 

 safe that the use of nitrate at a rate 

 exceeding 300 pounds per acre is 

 hardly likely to prove profitable. 



"Variation in time of application 

 produced no well-defined difference in 

 yield. The three methods of applica- 

 tion are as follows: (a) All applied in 

 spring when the ground is first har- 

 rowed, (b) All applied in summer at 

 the close of the cutting season, (c) 

 Half applied in the spring and half in 

 the summer. 



Acid phosphate produces a very 

 small increase where the above chem- 

 icals are applied. Muriate of potash 

 in a combination supplying liberal 

 amounts of nitrate of soda and acid 

 phosphate produces a large increase 

 in the yield. Nitrate of soda applied 

 at the end of the cutting season seems 

 to reduce the amount of rust. What- 

 ever condition or treatment promotes 

 steady, uniform and continuous 

 growth of any crop does, other things 

 being equal, give it capacity to resist 

 diseases of fungous origin in greater 

 degree than in case the growth is 

 more or less retarded at any time." 



Mr. Prescott then addressed the 

 meeting on the value of cover crops 

 in the culture of asparagus, as fol- 

 lows: 



"The most profitable cover crops are 

 the le^^unies, crimson clover ana 

 vetch. Soy beans, cow peas and buck- 

 wheat are also very useful. Rye is 

 also used, but mostly to support the 

 vetch when grown for seed or to cure 

 for hay for cattle." 



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