Fig. 1. — Root system of three-year-old asparagus plant taken November 7. Average 

 length about 4 feet, a few of the roots 5 feet 6 inches in length. 



Fig. 2. — Shows crown and a part of the root system of three-year-old asparagus plant 

 / dug and photographed November 7. Weight of roots and crown as dug about 



6 pounds, and estimated that the portion separated from the soil and weighed con- 

 stituted only about three-fourths of tlie entire root system. 



