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This firft year, as foon as the asparagus is 

 plunted, a thin crop of onions may be Towed 

 on the beds, before they are raked ; then rake 

 in the feed. Both crops will advance at the 

 fame time, without impeding the growth of 

 one another. 



The afparagus will come up flender the firit 

 year, larger the fecond, permitting the whole 

 in both years to run up to llalks all Summer ; 

 the third year fome will probably be large 

 enough to begin gathering, but gener<illy in 

 good perfedlion the fourth year, to commence 

 a general cutting of all the fhoots, according 

 :as they advance in fuccefiion during the proper 

 feafon, from the latte*- end of April, or be- 

 ginning of May, to the end of June, or not 

 later than the beginning of July, that the 

 roots may not be too much exhaufled fpr 

 future produdion. 



Jp their culture, keep the bsds clean from 

 weeds all Summer ; and when the plants are 

 of a proper age to produce buds or fhoots of 

 eligible fize for cutting, contiuuing the ga- 

 thering every year, till the middle or la'-ter 

 end of June, or beginning of July, as above 

 obferved ; then permitting all the arcer-lhoots 

 to run to ftalk till the end of Odobcr, when 

 the ftalks decaying, they are cut dcwn, and 

 the beds cleaned and landed up with earth 

 /rem the al'cys, to remain till the Spring, and 

 then to be fork-digged and raked even. 



Towards the end of Oclober, or beginning 

 ,of November, the iiaiks being decayed, or 

 ijone grovvthj cut them down clofe. Hoe off 



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