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ASPARAGUS. 



should be run down, almost perpendicularly, along- 

 side of the spear, cutting the spear obliquely about 

 two inches below the surface. By this method very 

 few, if any, of the young shoots are injured by the 

 point of the Icnif e. When the bed is three years old, 

 or the third year from the time of planting, it may 



BUNCHING MACHINE. 



be i;ut regularly each year. Not later, however, than 

 the middle of June, in the Northern States. After 

 this date the spears should be allowed to run to seed. 

 Where Asparagus is cultivated for market, bunch- 

 ing and tying are another part of the business that 



