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^tiire, stretch a line upon the bed from end to end, nine 

 inches froTH the edge, cut out a small trench six inches 

 deep, place the plants upright in the trench, ten inches 

 asunder, and draw a little earth to the roots, to keep 

 the plants in their position. When this trench is plan- 

 ted, draw the earth 3^ou took out of it upon the plants, 

 and proceed to make another trench parallel to tho 

 last, at twelve inches distance ; plant it in like manner, 

 and so proceed till the bed is planted ; it will thus con- 

 tain four trenches, and have nine hiches of earth out- 

 side of the outermost trenches. — Leave an alley two 

 feet wide between this bed and the next, and mark the 

 alloys with stakes. The plants must be roots o::e or two 

 years old, with no top, the former are preferable. Yoa 

 may sow a crop of onions on the bed over the plants, 

 and rake them in. In three years the asparagus will be 

 fit to cut, and will continue to produce twelve or eigh- 

 teen years if properly dressed, as directed in the spring; 

 and fall months. Plantations may be made with equal 

 or more success by sowing seeds instead of planting 

 plants, but the crop from seed will be a year longer in 

 coming. If the bed is sown with seeds, they must be 

 dropped in holes half an inch deep, three or four seeds 

 in a hole, the holes nine or ten inches apart, forming 

 four rows the length of the bed, and twelve inches 

 asunder. Fill the holes with earth, and when the plants 

 Gome up pretty strong, thin them, leaving the strong* 

 est plant in each hole, and clear them of weeds. 



FORK AND DRESS ASPAK^GUS. 



This month fork asparagus beds ; loosen every patt 

 of the earth, but do not go too deep lest you injure 

 the crown of the roots. The operation is to^ assist the 

 buds to spring up freely, and that the earth may re- 

 ceive air and rain ; the beds must be raked before the 

 crops begin to appear ; pare the alleys and throW^ a 

 fittk earth ©n th« lieds lief©re y@« begia ta forX. 



