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Food fop. Plants. 



Our Formula for Asparagus and Celery. 



Nitrate alone 200 lbs. per acre 



or preferably 



Nitrate 300 " " " 



Acid Phosphate :500 " " " 



AVlieii potash salts can !)(' conveniently obtained we 

 advise the use of fiftj^ pounds of sulphate of potash to 

 the acre every other year. 



Beets. 



The crop must be forced to quick 

 Table Beets growth in order to obtain tender, crisp 



Grown on vegetables, readily salable and at good 



Nitrate Were prices. Nitrate of Soda was compared 

 Ready for with unfertilized soil, with the result 



Market 16 Days that on the nitrated plots marketable 

 Ahead of Un- beets were pulled 56 days from seed- 

 fertilized Plots, ing; the unfertilized plot required 72 



days to produce marketable vegetables. 

 Nitrate of Soda was applied at tlie rate of 500 pounds 

 l)er acre. 



Table Beets. 



500 lbs. Nitrate of Soda to the acre. 



No Nitrate. 



