24 Eicharcl Frotscher's Almanac and Garden Manual 



winter months ; plant tlieni four feet apart eaeh wa.y. Every fall the 

 sroimd should be manured and spaded or plowed between them. If 

 planted by seed, sow them in drills during winter or early spring, 

 three inches apart and one foot frnni mw to row; cover with about 

 one-half inch of earth. The following fall the plants can be trans- 

 planted and cultivated as recommended above. The seeds I offer are 

 imported by me from Italy, and of superior, quality : I can also fuf"nish 

 sprouts or plants in the fall of the year. 



Early €aiiii>a»ia. An early variety imported b^' me from 

 Italy and which fruited for the first time the past season. The cut 

 represents as it grows, and has been taken from a branch brought to 

 me ; it is flatter at the base than the Globe : being very early I con- 

 sider it quite an ac«quisition. 



ASPARAGUS. 



AsPEEGE iFr.), Spaegel, (Ger.\ Espaeagos (Sp.^ 



Purple Top, The Asparagus is not extensively cultivated in the 

 South ; not that it is not liked well enough, but from the fact that it 

 does not succeed as well as in more Northern latitudes. It seems that 

 it is short-lived, the roots giving out soon or throwing up very small 

 shoots. 



The ground should be well manured and prepared before either 

 the roots or seeds are planted. For this climate the sowing of seed is 

 preferable. Eoots are generally imported from the North, and I have 

 found that the roots raised here, one year old, are as strong as those 

 received from the North three years old. Plant the seed in early spring. 

 Soak over night in water ; plant in rows, or rather hills, one foot apart 

 and two feet between ; put from four to five seeds in each hill ; when 

 well up thin out to two plants. The following Avinter, when the stalks 

 are cut off, cover A^^th a heavy coat of well rotted manure and a sprink- 

 ling of salt ; fishbrine will answer the same purpose. In the spring 

 fork in the manure between the rows and keep clean of weeds. The 

 same treatment should be repeated every year. The bed should not 

 be cut before being three years established. Care must be taken not 

 to cut the stalks too soon in the fall of the year— not until we have had 

 a frost. If cut before, it wdll cause the roots to throw up young shoots, 

 which will weaken them. 



BUSH BEANS. 

 Culture. 



Place in rows eighteen inches apart. Plant from end of February, 

 and for succession, every two or three weeks to May. During June 

 and July, Bush Beans planted in this latitude will not produce much. 

 August and September are good months in which to plant again ; they 

 v.-ill produce abundantly till killed by the frost. Do not cover the 

 seeds more than two inches. 



