CULTURAL DIRECT IONS 
21 1 
Product from Fifty Plants Each, Male and Female 
Product from 
50 male plants 
oz. 
Product from 
SO female plant' 
oz. 
37 
21 
104 
68 
266 
164 
203 
154 
610 
407 
“This shows a gain of the male over the female plants 
of 76 per cent for the first period and a fraction less than 
50 per cent for the whole season. Reversing the standard 
of comparison, it will be seen that the female plants fall 
below the male 43 per cent for the first period and a little 
more than 33 per cent in the total. In no case did the 
female plants produce equally with the male.” 
The difficulty with any method of propagation is that 
the sex of the plant cannot be determined until the plants 
produce flowers, and this does not occur until the sec- 
ond season, when the plants are universally regarded 
as being too old for the most successful transplanting. 
It is possible that the increased productiveness of male 
plants would overbalance the disadvantages that result 
from shifting the plants a year later than is approved 
by our best growers. Then, too, the one-year plants 
might be set temporarily in a special plat, with at least 
a foot between plants in the row, so they could be moved 
later with considerable soil to permanent quarters. 
275. White and green asparagus. — When rows of as- 
paragus are ridged to the usual height, the shoots must 
make an additional growth of 5 to 10 inches before they 
reach the light, and if cut as soon as the tips appear 
above ground, the product is known as white “grass” or 
white asparagus. If the ridge is slight or only a few 
inches high and the spears cut at or only a few inches 
