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GARDEN YARD 



and all asparagus brush whether garden or wild. 

 Read Massachusetts Bulletin 61 ; Iowa Bulletin 

 53; Farmer's Bulletin 61, p. 30. 



RHUBARB. 



Of all the perennial garden plants rhubarb 

 is the easiest to grow, and the most inexperienced 

 may be sure of success. It is very hardy and 

 the roots remain in the garden all winter, even 

 in chmates where the frost is heavy and the cold 

 quite severe. But in spite of its hardiness and 

 willingness to flourish under ordinary conditions, 

 rhubarb responds quickly to good care and 

 gives such enormously increased returns that it 

 pays to attend to it. 



Rhubarb likes a deep, rich soil, thoroughly 

 cultivated and fertilized before the plants are 

 set out. It is usually more satisfactory to 

 propagate by roots than by seed, although some 

 growers prefer to raise their plants from seed. 

 Like asparagus, rhubarb will last twenty years, 

 if given a good start and if the roots are oc- 

 casionally separated. All this time it will 

 yield large, tender, juicy stalks if the soil be in 

 good condition, and if a little tillage is given to 

 the plant in fall and spring. 



Set out the plants in rows where the soil has 

 been fertilized, is deep and in good tilth. The 



