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The Palmetto is grown most in the south, and is well-known 

 on account of its resistance to asparagus rust {Puccinia 

 aspardgi) . 



Uses. — The common asparagus is used as a vegetable. 

 As a rule the tender shoots are eaten fresh, but large quan- 

 tities are also canned each year. The principal canning 

 factories are located in CaHfornia and on Long Island, New 

 York. For canning, Conover's Colossal and Palmetto have 

 given the best satisfaction. A method has been devised by 

 which the soft pulp of the asparagus plant is separated from 

 the fiber and canned in the form of a thick paste. In 

 European countries, particularly, asparagus is dried. In 

 this form it keeps indefinitely. 



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Bailey, L. H.: Preliminary Synopsis of Onions and Some of Their Allies. 



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Agr. Mich., 94-98, 1887. 

 GoFF, E. S.: Onion. 6th Ann. Rept. N. Y. State Agr. Exp. Sta., 190-214, 



1887. 

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241: 244, 1890. 

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