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CHAPTER X. 



FRAME FORCING OF ASPARAGUS. 



THIS plan of forcing is to be conducted under 

 frames on slight hot-beds, eighteen inches or 

 two feet thick, of half decayed manure and 

 leaves, quite sweet and past violent fermenta- 

 tion. On such a bed place about four inches 

 thick of light mould, and when it has become 

 warm take up the asparagus plants, cut off their 

 roots to within five or six inches of the crowns 

 or buds, and place them in rows on the earth, as 

 close together as their roots will allow, without 

 putting them on each other, the crowns being 

 kept upright. When the frame is filled, cover 

 the whole with from four to six inches of soil. 

 The heat should be about 55, and maintained 

 by slight linings, care being taken not to burn 

 the roots. An old bed that has been previously 



