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moisture. The best asparagus I have ever seen was at Mr. 

 Bird's, a market-gardener at Ipswich, where the beds were under 

 water nearly all the winter ; and he always cut asparagus sooner 

 than his neighbours. Mr. Fitch of Fulhani grows very fine 

 asparagus: he made 12 acres of beds about five years ago; 

 and, if my memory serves me, he put on 300/. worth of manure, 

 and trenched it all over the ground ; which is more in proportion 

 than we, walled-in gardeners, can give. 



My plan is simply this : — The ground intended for the beds I 

 had well sanded over, and dug several times in winter: as for 

 trenching, here, it is out of the question. The beds were formed 

 in the spring, 3 ft. wide, and the alleys the same. I put six solid 

 inches of dung, measured on purpose, all over the bed: then 

 4 in. of prepared mould to plant in. The one-year-old plants 

 were put in about three weeks after. As for the time of planting, 

 there can be no stated period ; but as soon as the buds are dis- 

 covered growing, that is the proper time to plant them, two rows 

 in each bed, and 1 ft. apart in the rows. I took up a root this 

 season to examine it, and found twenty heads, thrown up to the 

 height of from 3^ ft. to 4 ft., with forty fine heads for next year 

 visible. The roots had run in the channel of dung upwards of 

 2 ft. By the above plan, I have, no doubt, saved one year, and 

 shall be able to cut asparagus when the beds are only three 

 years old. 



Globe ArtichoJi'es are great fixvourites in most families ; and we 

 generally find the gardens empty of them by the 1st of Sept. 

 The plan which I have taken gives plenty up to the time that 

 the frost sets in. I make annually one long row ; dig out the 

 mould to the depth of 1 ft., and 2 ft. wide ; fill it with dung, and 

 then put mould upon the dung. I now put in the plants, 2 ft. 

 apart ; and, though the distance seems very little, yet their time 

 will come round to be destroyed before they get very old. 



Dyrliam Park Garden, Sept. 17. 1836. 



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