BULLETIN No. 171 DECEMBER, 1916 



MASSACHUSETTS 

 AGRICILTIRAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



A CHEMICAL STUDY OF THE 

 ASPARAGUS PLANT 



By F. W. MORSE 



This bulletin is the report of an investigation of the chemical 

 composition of the asparagus plant and the effect of different 

 fertilizers upon the proportions of the more important plant 

 constituents. Its object is to supply more knowledge for the 

 efficient culture of asparagus. 



Requests for bulletins should be addressed to the 



Agricultural Experiment Station, 



Amherst, Mass. 



