February, 1910 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL GARDENERS 



Make BIG MONEY Growing Asparagus by the French Method of Intensive Cultivation 



Force Asparagus in late Winter and early Spring long before the regular crop. You can double the price and double 

 the profit. The demand is always several times greater than the supply. Do not wait three years after starting your 

 asparagus bed before cutting: cut it at the end of four or six weeks by our method. 



Forcing Asparagus has had a thorough 

 try-out in this Country 



The reliable and successful meth- 

 od had its beginning in France. 

 A French merchant upon retiring 

 from business removed to the 

 outskirts of Paris, where he de- 

 voted his energies to vegetable 

 growing, giving particular atten- 

 tion to Asparagus culture. It is 

 his successful method of forcing that is related in our book. Everyone knows the 

 big profits in asparagus. By this method you double the profits. 



Home-grown asparagus raised by French method of forcing 



Intensive cultivation is the most profitable 

 method of vegetable growing 



It produces the best crops and the earliest. Getting 

 to market first with the earliest vegetables brings 

 the advanced price. Our book is the only prac- 

 tical treatise in this Country on the French method 

 of intensive cultivation. Besides the story of aspar- 

 agus forcing, the book gives all the principal methods 

 that allow the working of the smallest amount of 

 land with the largest financial returns. 



Table of Contents of Our Book 

 New French Method of Asparagus Forcing 



How to start a Garden. 



Seed sowing and transplanting. 



How to force Rhubarb without 



glass. 

 How to start Tomatoes. 



How to grow four vegetables 



in one garden spot. 

 How to force Asparagus for 



spring and winter use. 

 How to pack for market. 



How to grow and force Carrots, 

 Cauliflower, Lettuce, Rad- 

 ishes, Turnips, Cantaloupes, 

 Cucumbers. 



How to grow Strawberries. 



$1 161.00 net, was the amount of vegetables sold last year from an acre of garden land by Brus 

 Bros, truck growers near Kanas City. They practised intensive cuMvation. 



This book will be sent postpaid with flexible cover for $ 1 .00. The Library edition, $1 .25. Post 

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Albert S. Dietzman, 650 Fourth Ave., Louisville, Ky. 



Tender high-grade asparagus being forced 



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