2i2 ON ASPARAGUS. 



IN the fpring the fand mould be fpread 

 all the breadth of the two- feet trench, and 

 two inches of the compoft added to it ; 

 then prick it over with a fork to mix it 

 well with the fand. This work mould be 

 done the beginning of March, and let lie 

 until the end of April before it is raked. 



IN the autumn there fhould be four 

 inches of* the compel! laid all over the 

 trench that the afparagus is fown in, 

 which mould be two inches higher in the 

 middle than at the fides, fo that the crown 

 of the roots will be a foot under the fur- 

 face, and there will be no occafion for any 

 further cover to keep out the froft. This 

 ends the third year. 



THE next fpring fork the rows, and Let 

 them lay a month before they are raked. 

 This fpring the heads will be large and 

 fine, and there will be great temptation 

 to cut, but it would be much better to 

 defer it until the fpring following. 





THE next autumn there mould be four 



