CHAPTER V 

 CROPS GROWN ON MUCK SOILS 



Asparagus Asparagus is one of the crops 

 not commonly grown on muck, but, where it 

 has proved possible to grow it, has yielded 

 "grass" of the highest quality and largest 

 size. Muck for asparagus must be very well 

 drained. Any standing water remaining 

 over the land for even a short time will cause 

 the roots to be drowned out, thereby practi- 

 cally ruining the bed. Shallow muck near 

 the edges of a large muck area has proved 

 satisfactory, especially where the water 

 table is low, because it is never flooded or 

 water-logged. 



Varieties Purchase the choicest seeds of 

 such varieties as Conovers Colossal, Pal- 

 metto, Giant Argenteuil, Barr's Mammoth, 

 or the new rust-resistant sort, Reading 

 Giant. These large growing types will give 

 very large "grass" when grown on muck. 



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