ASPARAGUS 



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will save a year in their culture; commonly, however, 

 the plants are grown in a seed-bed for their first year, 

 to save space, and are then transplanted. Transplanting 

 from the seedbed at the end of the first year is advi- 

 sable ; it has been proved that two-year plants (although 



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Fig. 8. Seedlings of Asparagus. Natural size. 



commonly offered for sale by dealers) in the long run 

 produce less than yearling plants. (See Farmers' Bul- 

 letin, No. 61.) 



The setting of the plants should be carefully done. 

 They should be given plenty of space in their perma- 

 nent positions; three feet by two is as little as should 

 be given, for good results, since in a few years the roots 

 will fill the whole space. While for commercial planting 

 the roots are merely cast into furrows, right side up, 



