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yield and will cost little more to produce than 500 

 bushels. Transplanting increases the quan- 

 tity and greatly improves the quality of the 

 yield.* 



The new methods of culture apply to aspara- 

 gus also, a crop not so generally grown as it 

 should be, the prevailing idea being that it does 

 .not greatly reward attention. F. M. Hexamer 

 in "Asparagus" shows what a mistake this is. 

 Nothing better repays care, but it is necessary to 

 grow it from good seed. One pound of seed will 

 produce 10,000 plants, about half of which will 

 be vigorous, the others should be thinned out. It 

 requires about three years to get a thoroughly 

 profitable crop. 



A New Jersey grower cut 22,584 bunches of 

 asparagus from 12 acres, all of which were not in 

 full bearing, or 1882 bunches per acre. His net 

 returns from the commission houses were $2611, 

 or a little more than 11 cents a bunch. Higher 



*The Department of Agriculture (Bulletin No. 89 on Onion 

 Culture), says that at the Ohio station 10 selected transplanted 

 Prize-taker bulbs weighed 8 pounds and 4 ounces. A decided in- 

 crease was noted in the 14 different varieties tried, amounting in 

 some cases to 100 per cent. 



