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vidual preferences ; but all agree that asparagus should 
never be planted closer than two feet in rows three 
feet apart. For the home garden there is no better 
plan than to plant but a single row, with the plants 
FIG. I4—HORIZONTAL DEVELOPMENT OF A FOUR-YEAR-OLD 
ASPARAGUS ROOT 
two or three feet apart, along the edge or border of 
the ground, but not nearer than four or five feet to 
other plants, and in case of grape-vines even more 
room should be given. Here they require but little 
care, and the plants have an unlimited space for the 
