PLANTING 5 1 



vidual preferences ; but all agree that aspaiagiis should 

 never be planted closer than two feet in rows three 

 feet apart. For the home garden there is no better 

 plan than to plant but a single row, with the plants 



FIG. 14 — HORIZONTAL DEVELOPMENT OE A FOUR-YEAR OLD 

 ASPARAGUS ROOT 



two or three feet apart, along the edge or border of 

 the ground, but not nearer than four or five feet to 

 other plants, and in case of grape-vines even more 

 room should be given. Here they require but little 

 care, and the plants have an unlimited space for the 



