go ASPARAGUS 
Bunches varying from six to twelve inches in length 
are received at wholesale centers, but the most con- 
venient and popular size for a bunch of prime white 
asparagus is eight and one-half inches long, averaging 
thirty spears, and weighing two pounds. The side 
view of one and the end view of three bunches of this 
size of white asparagus are shown in Fig. 27. To 
assure uniformity some ingenious contrivances have 
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FIG. 27—END AND SIDE VIEW OF PRIME WHITE ASPARAGUS 
BUNCHES 
been invented, most of which are a great improvement 
over the old-time bunchers, consisting merely of a board 
with four pins, six inches long, and placed about four 
inches apart each way, toforma square. ‘Two strings, 
usually of bast matting, were laid down on the board, 
which was set on a bench up against the wall, or had 
a back made of another board tacked on it at right 
angles. The asparagus was laid on the buncher be- 
