ON ASPARAGUS. 21* 



the afparagus is (own, fhould always be 

 higheft, and lie round. This fhould be 

 repeated every third year ; and by being 

 thus managed the afparagus will laft for 

 twenty years, and be much larger than 

 what is fown or planted in the beds in the 

 common way. 



As to the proper age to cut afparagus, 

 there ihould be none cut before the third 

 year ; but as the intention of fowing and 

 managing it in this manner is in order that 

 it may be very large, there mould be none 

 cut before the fourth year ; and none even 

 then but a few of the largeft heads, which 

 will give it ftrength to grow to the fize in- 

 tended. 



THE many directions here given may 

 feem tedious, and to require fo much la- 

 bour that it is not worth" the trouble: 

 there is not a great deal more than gene- 

 rally is ufed (or mould be) in preparing 

 of ground for planting in the common 

 way, as trenching and dunging is always 

 O 4 pra&ifed j 



