THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 189 



when set on the south side of a high ridge or bed. Irish 

 potatoes are planted while the weather is still cold. 



Among the vegetables that are not entirely killed by 

 slight frosts are beets. Asparagus is one of the earliest 



Photograph by B. S. Mackintosh 



FIG. 124. PLANTING ASPARAGUS ROOTS 



of the season and comes each spring from the old roots. 

 It may be grown from seed sown in early spring. The 

 next winter the roots of the young plants are trans- 

 planted (Fig. 124) to rows that have been plowed very 



