TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Preface vi 



* I. Historical Sketch i 



II. Botany 4 



III. Cultural Varieties 17 



IV. Seed Growing ........ 26 



V. The Raising of Tlants 30 



VI. Selection of Plants j3 



VII. The Soil and Its Preparation 43 



VIII. Planting 49 



IX. Cultivation 61 



X. Fertilizers and Fertilizing 72 



XI. Harvesting and Maiketing .... 83 



XII. Forcing lOO 



XIII. Preserving Asparagus II2 



XIV. Injurious Insects 126 



XV. Fungus Diseases I37 



XVI, Asparagus Culture in Different Localities . . 145 



Index .167 



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