202 ON ASPARAGUS. 



THE largenefs is the thing fb much 

 talked of at the above places, for I never 

 heard that the beft judges ever aflerted 

 that it was any ways fuperior in tafte to 

 thofe raifed in other parts of the kingdom. 



THE ground in the above places is 

 not all of the fame kind ; that at 

 Batterfea is a loam of a great depth ; 

 the foil at Gravefend is very light and 

 fandy, and alfb very deep. 



THE ground at Pontefract is richer, 

 -deeper, and finer than either of the above ; 

 it alfo inclines to a brown fand, is the 

 beft foil I have ever feen, and I am con- 

 fident, if the alparagus beds were managed 

 as they are near L,ondon, they would pro- 

 duce much laigcr than any in the kingdom 

 in the common way. 



I HAVE feen and taken notice of the 

 drerling of the afparagus beds at Batter- 

 fea and Gravefend, but cannot fay there 

 js any material difference in their method 



