Fig. 
3. — The first field of commercial udo in the United States, on the asparagus farm 
of Mr. M. E. Meek, Antioch, Cal. 
Fig. 4. — A crate of ticlo as it appeared after being shipped from Antioch, Cal., to Wash- 
ington, D. C. The shoots were blanched by mounding up the soil, and many of the 
tips were green from exposure to sunlight above the mounds. Though slightly dis- 
colored, these were of good quality when prepared for the table. 
