CHAPTER III. 
VEGETABLES SUITED TO FARM CULTURE EVERYWHERE. 
In this chapter are grouped a number of vegetabl 
easy culture. They may be grown with success almost 
where. Some of them 
are produced by market 
gardeners, but by rea- 
son of the amount of 
ground which they oc- 
cupy they are more par- 
ticularly adapted to 
horse culture by farm- 
ers. 
The chapter will 
treat briefly of aspara- 
gus, beans, beets, cab- 
bage, carrots, sweet 
corn, horseradish, pars- 
nip, potato, pumpkin 
and squash, salsify, tomato, turnip, etc 
es of 
any- 
Loading the Market Wagon. 
ASPARAGUS. 
Asparagus demands a deep, rich, well-drained soil. Its 
culture is profitable, and it yields ready cash at an early 
season of the year, when other sales are limited. The cutting 
term covers six weeks, beginning (at Philadelphia) in the 
middle or latter part of April. Cutting must here cease in 
June, in order to give the roots ample time to regain 
strength and make vigorous tops. The gross product per 
