PRACTICAL GARDENING 



about the season for cutting the asparagus. 

 Dust the plants while the dew is on them with 

 air-slaked lime. Powdered arsenate dusted 

 on the stalks is also a most effective remedy. 

 Stalks which are covered with poison should not 

 be used. 



Asparagus rust is common where consider- 

 able commercial fertilizers are used in sandy- 

 soil. The stalks have a rusty appearance after 

 a long continued drought in July or August. 

 If the plant is well supplied with moisture 

 the disease seldom appears. The Palmetto 

 variety is less susceptible than any other. 

 There is no effective remedy. Dig up the bed, 

 burn the plants and make a new bed in another 

 part of the garden one year later. 



