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row to keep it narrow. Others should be cut off as they 

 appear. Keep cleanly cultivated. If the weeds are allowed 

 to get a start the tangle of vines and weeds wiU very quickly 

 make a great deal of work to save the crop. 



Strawberries up to Frost 



The fall-fruiting berries have come to stay, at least so 

 far as the home garden is concerned. There is no reason 

 why you should not have good berries right up to frost. 



Moreover, you can get a crop this fall from plants set 

 out this spring. Plant and treat in the ordinary way, but 

 keep the blossom stalks pinched off until July. Progressive 

 is on the whole the most satisfactory of this type so far 

 developed. Superb is another good variety, with extra- 

 large fruit. 



The New Asparagus Bed 



If you have been putting off an asparagus bed from year 

 to year, set out at least a hundred plants this spring. As- 

 paragus is not overparticular about soil, succeeding in 

 any good garden loam, even if quite light and sandy. A 

 good plan for the home garden is to make a bed of three 

 rows, as long as may be needed and six feet wide, putting 

 one row in the middle, and one a foot from each side. Set 

 the plants a foot or eighteen inches apart. Good, strong, 

 selected, one-year-old roots are practically as good as two- 

 year-old roots, but it is not always possible to get them. 

 If the soil is in good condition fair results may be had 

 simply by setting the plants out, but extra preparation 

 will pay well. This should be given in the form of trench- 

 ing each row to a depth of some eighteen inches, and put- 

 ting in the bottom a generous layer of manure or compost. 

 Then fill with soil to within about four inches of the top, 

 plant the crowns, spreading the roots carefully, and fill 

 in more soil, leveling up to the surface as growth proceeds. 



