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It is for each man to find out the best method and the best 

 place to use. I never believed in carrying the plants over the second 

 ^ear. It can be done and is done with good results, but a yearly 

 3lean-up means more. From strong stock costing in the neighbor- 

 lood of ten dollars per hundred you can cut greens from September 



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In early Spring clean out the benches and use the space for 

 something else, and then replant with new stock. These Asparagus 

 slants are great feeders and should have liquid manure and a mulch 

 iuring Fall and Winter. Don't strip every plant in early Fall. 

 Fhere are times when it is cheaper to buy what green you^want, for 



ur own won't spoil. Go slow about it, as it means twice as much 

 :o you with zero weather outdoors, when, usually, it is at a premium. 

 3rO over the hanging baskets once in awhile and see to it that there 

 s enough moss around the edges, so that when you apply water the 

 slants will get the benefit of it. This Asparagus doesn't differ from 

 :he garden variety in regard to always wanting moisture around 

 ts roots; you cannot grow either in a dry soil nor where drainage 

 s lacking. 



Asparagus Sprengeri is easily grown from seed, but if you only 

 ise a few hundred plants it hardly pays, since it is possible to pur- 

 chase small stock at a reasonable price. Frequently you have call for 

 Asparagus baskets in May and June for porch decoration. You may 

 3e able to use some of those you cut from during Winter, if you 

 lidn't cut them too close, but a better way is to make up the baskets 

 resh about April. A heavy lining of good sheet moss looks best, and 

 ibout five 4-in. pot plants will in six weeks cover the sides, and 

 vith proper care look fine all Summer. 



You can also by June use the plants out of 4-in. pots for filling 

 rases or window boxes for shady positions; they will do there 

 vhen some other so-called hanging plants or vines will not. You 

 hould have a supply of small plants on hand during the Fall and 

 Winter; for indoor window boxes to go with Boston Ferns they are 

 ust the thing. 



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