AN ASPARAGUS HOUSE. 



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This Cornell asparagus house if it may be called a 

 house is about 20x50 ft., and the frame is made of 

 steam pipes (Fig. 41, page 128). The sides or walls are 

 only 18 in. high, and the frame consists simply of a ridge 

 and three pairs of rafters. The steam-heating pipe, or 



42. The asparagus house covered with canvas. 



riser, is seen at A, just beneath the ridge, and this feeds 

 two returns upon either side of the house, next the walls. 

 When it is desired to force the asparagus, canvas or mus- 

 lin is stretched over the frame (as in Fig. 42). No diffi- 

 culty has been found in starting the asparagus into growth 

 in January and February. The cover is left on and the heat 



