CULTURAIy VARIETIES 



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and contained forty-eight stalks of nine inches in 

 length and remarkably uniform in size. It was taken 

 on March 30th from a field of fifty acres, near 

 Charleston, S. C. But the greatest point in its favor 

 is its comparative security from the attacks of rust. 

 Purple Top and Green Top. — These were the only 



FIG. 12 — BUNCH OF PALMETTO ASPARAGUS 



distin<5l sorts in cultivation before the introdudlion of 

 Conover's Colossal, but are now almost unknown to 

 the trade and cultivators. 



EUROPEAN VARIETIES 



The named varieties of asparagus of European 

 origin are very numerous, as almost every locality in 

 which asparagus is cultivated extensively and success- 

 fully has given its name to a strain more or less dis- 



