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be planted nearer the surface, and the cutting made when the shoot is long 

 enough above the ground. For our own use we always grow the green aspara- 

 gus, as we do not care for the tough, white article. To grow this we trans- 

 plant the young plants as advised in the thinning, and place them at once 

 in their permanent quarters. Being nearer the surface, this asparagus starts 

 earlier in the spring, and to our taste is far superior to that grown under 

 ground. But the market gardener must cater to the requirements of his 

 market, and so long as people want white shoots he must grow them. 



