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CHAPTER VIII. 



ON THE GROWTH OF ASPARAGUS. 



ASPARAGUS will thrive in any moderately light 

 soil if well manured, but that which, from long 

 experience, has been found most congenial to its 

 propagation is a fine sandy loam, three to four 

 feet deep, resting on a dry sub-soil. 



In November prepare as much ground as 

 may be necessary for the reception of the 

 quantity intended to be grown, commencing by 

 first laying on it nine inches thick of good ma- 

 nure. Then trench the ground three spades 

 deep, mixing the manure with the soil to that 

 depth. 



In December and January the whole must be 

 turned over in dry weather ; and in February 

 thrown up into ridges one foot deep and two 

 wide. In March the ridges must be turned, 



