ASPARAGUS 



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An interesting experiment has been made by Myers 

 of The Pennsylvania State College to determine the value 

 of crowns of different sizes. While the investigation was 

 made primarily for the benefit of the trucker and market 

 gardener, it also contains valuable lessons for growers 

 who are engaged in the forcing of this vegetable. In the 

 spring of 1908, one-year roots of Palmetto were pur- 

 chased and divided into three grades or sizes, No. 1 being 

 the largest, No. 2 medium size, and No. 3 the smallest. 

 Two rows 340 feet long were planted with each grade. 

 The following graph (Fig. 61) shows in a striking 

 manner the returns of each size over a period of six years. 



-ASPARAGUS- 

 SIZE OF CROWNS EXPERIMENT 



VUU> 1110 



viao mi 



YIELD 1112 



Y!IDI1IJ - 



SUMMARY Of riELO OF P/U.METTO 



Fig. 61. Graph showing returns from asparagus roots of different sizes. 



It will be seen that the smallest roots give the smallest 

 returns for every year, though the difference is not so 

 marked after the second year of cutting. The difference 

 between returns of roots of first and second size is worth 



