On the Modes of Cultivating Asparagus in Austria. 331 



second object, they should be transplanted into a good rich 

 kitchen garden soil, in order to be taken up again a few 

 years after, for ulterior treatment. 



For open field culture of Asparagus, trenches must be dug 

 late in autumn, at two feet asunder, as many in depth, and 

 eighteen inches in width ; the earth must be thrown up be- 

 tween the trenches, so that it may be exposed to the full 

 influence of the atmosphere. In the spring, old decayed neat's 

 dung must be put into these trenches to the depth of eight 

 or ten inches, and moderately trodden down, and over this 

 about eight inches of mould ; then in the centre of these 

 trenches, at full eighteen inches asunder, must be formed small 

 conical heaps of earth, on which the roots are to be placed, 

 with as many of their fibres as possible in their naturally sepa- 

 rated state, and to be covered with about four inches of earth. 

 The surface of the field is then to be so formed as that each 

 row of plants will present a shallow trench for the purpose of 

 conveying the rain which may fall, to the roots of the plants. 



The management of this Asparagus field, (which will last 

 in full vigour from eight to ten years, with moderate treat- 

 ment,) consists, in addition to its being kept clean, more espe- 

 cially, in stirring the earth well in the trenches, late in every 

 autumn, before frost sets in, and then covering the trenches 

 to the height of two inches with old neat's dung, the coarser 

 remains of which, in the following spring, must be cleared 

 away, and the finer part mixed with the soil by a careful 

 digging. By this simple and cheap method is raised the vast 

 quantity of Asparagus which is seen in the markets of Vienna 

 throughout the spring. 



The planting uf Asparagus in the kitchen garden is done 



