INDEX 



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American varieties iS 



Barr's Mammoth 18 



Columbian Mammoth White . . 19 



Conover's Colossal 19 



Donald's Elmira 19 



Eclipse 19 



Hub 20 



Mammoth 20 



Moore's Cross-bred 20 



Palmetto 20 



Purple top or green top 21 



Asparagus culture in different 



localities 145 



in New England 145 



on I,ong Island 150 



in New Jersey 152 



in the South 154 



in California 15S 



in France 164 



Asparagus species 6 



plumosus nanus 6 



niedeoloides 6 



Sprengeri 5 



falcatus 8 



laricinuSj S 



racemosus 10 



sarmentosus 10 



Broussoneti 13 



officinalis 13 



acutifolius i5 



aphyllus 16 



Botany 4 



Bunchers 91 



Bunching 89 



Canning 112 



Eastern methods 112 



Pacific coast methods iiS 



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Crates 96 



Cultivation 61 



the first year 61 



the second year 64 



the third and future years ... 66 



Cultural varieties 17 



Cutting 83 



Manner of 84 



Drying 122 



Edible species 13 



European varieties 21 



German Giant 22 



Argenteuil 22 



Yellow Burgundy 22 



Fall treatment 68 



Fertilizers and fertilizing .... 72 



Forcing 100 



in greenhouse loi 



in hotbeds and frames 103 



in field 104 



in Cornell asparagus house . . 110 



Fungus diseases 137 



Asparagus rust 137 



Asparagus leopard spot .... 144 

 Growing asparagus without trans- 

 planting 32 



Harvesting and marketing .... 83 



Historical sketch i 



Insects 126 



Common asparagus beetle . . . 126 



Twelve-spotted asparagus beetle 133 



Spotted ladybird 130 



Asparagus miner 135 



Knives 88 



Male and female plants 40 



Marketing 96 



Ornamental species 6 



