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ERN PLANTER. 



the bed well after you have done it, by cover- 

 ing over well with leaves, or litter, which may 

 be" raked off in spring. This mulching will 

 prevent the frost from throwing the plants out 

 of the ground during the winter and spring. 



Plants used in this way, will do to cut by 

 spring. They should be cut sparingly, however, 

 until they are four or five years old. In the 

 fall of each year cut away the old stalks, and 

 fork in a lot of old barn-yard manure, and 

 pour on some brine. This will keep up the 

 fertility. You cannot get an asparagus bed 

 too rich, but it should also be light and some- 

 what porous, and kept free of grass and weeds. 

 By placing a hot bed frame over part of the 

 bed and putting on a covering of fermenting 

 horse-manure in the spring, you can force the 

 shoots quite early, and thus obtain a supply in 

 advance of the remaining part of the bed. 



Small cabbages can be kept growing in the 

 ground during the winter only by protecting 

 them by glazed frames, or by some such appli- 

 ances. We once knew a successful experiment 

 tried in keeping small cabbages alive, not 

 growing, by covering them over pretty thickly 

 with hemlock boughs. This is not always suc- 

 cessful. 



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