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ASPARAGUS CULTURE. 



to dig for it and crush, the life out of it with your foot. Lime r 

 sulphur, and other insect poisons have apparently no effect on 

 it. Some growers sow Lettuces, in order to attract the cock- 

 chafer grub from the Asparagus, but the remedy is worse 

 than the disease, for these pests flock into the Asparagus 

 plantations from all parts of the garden, and attack the Aspa- 

 ragus as well as the Lettuces. 



