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beds twice a year, you exhaust them ; to 

 obviate this, succeeding beds should be 

 prepared. We are, however, of opinion 

 that asparagus beds do not become worn out, 

 or unproductive, so soon as is generally 

 imagined ; as some of the finest asparagus 

 we have met with in this country, the author 

 recollects to have been cut from a bed at 

 Westburton, in Sussex, which he was then 

 told had abundantly supplied Mr. Upperton's 

 family for more than seventy years. 



In Jamaica, and other West India islands, 

 they cut asparagus in twelve months after the 

 seeds are sown. 



