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CHAPTER IX. 



ON FORCING ASPARAGUS. 



THE best method of forcing asparagus is 

 in beds of three feet wide and three feet deep, 

 of such a length as the grower may choose ; and 

 if more than one bed, leave a space or trench of 

 two feet wide and three deep between them. 



Presuming, therefore, that two beds are to be 

 formed for the purpose of being forced, excavate 

 fourteen feet ten inches wide and three feet deep 

 of the approved length, and having cleared away 

 the earth, build a nine-inch wall round the out- 

 side of the excavation up to the surface of the 

 outer ground. The interior will then be thirteen 

 feet four inches wide ; divide it into five com- 

 partments, viz., three of two feet wide each in 

 the clear, and two of three feet, which, with the 

 four four-inch walls in pigeon-holes, running 



