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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
November, 1918 
UNCONDITIONAL 
PREMIUM LIST 
The following cash premiums are offered for exhibits at the annual 
convention Madison, Jan. 8, 9, 10, 1919. 
1. Best collection of apples, not less 
than 15 varieties 
2. Best 5 plates (5 varieties) commer- 
cial apples for Wisconsin 
3. Best Plate Ben Davis 
4. Best Plate Dudley 
5. Best Plate Pameuse 
6. Best Plate Gano 
7. Best Plate Gem 
8. Best Plate Gideon 
9. Best Plate Golden Russett 
10. Best Plate Grimes Golden 
11. Best Plate Jonathan 
12. Best Plate King 
13. Best Plate Maiden Blush 
14. Best Plate Malinda 
15. Best Plate McIntosh 
16. Best Plate McMahan 
17. Best Plate Newell 
18. Best Plate Northern Spy 
19. Best Plate Northwestern Greening 
20. Best Plate Patten 
21 . Best Plate Pewaukee 
22. Best Plate Plumb Cider 
23. Best Plate Salome 
24. Best Plate Seek-no-further 
25. Best Plate Scott Winter 
26. Best Plate Tolman 
27. Best Plate Twenty Ounce 
28. Best Plate Utter 
29. Best Plate Wagener 
30. Best Plate Wealthy 
31. Best Plate Windsor 
32. Best Plate Wolf River 
33. Best Plate York Imperial 
34. Best tray of each of the above 
named varieties 
35. Best 5 trays of any of the follow- 
ing varieties: McIntosh, 
Northwestern, Wealthy, Tol- 
man, Wolf River, Fameuse, 
Gano, Salome, McMahan, 
Seek-no-further, Windsor 
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Asparagus All Winter 
Crisp, fresh asparagus tips can 
be obtained in a continuous sup- 
ply this winter by forcing. For 
a large supply crowns of the 
plants may be forced in the field 
or in hothouses, while the small 
gardener may bed a few crowns in 
the cellar to furnish tips for his 
own use. Specialists of the De- 
partment of Agriculture describe 
this winter gardening practice at 
present not a general one in this 
country, but of considerable im- 
portance in Europe. 
In building a forcing house 
over the rows in the field, rough 
boards are used for the walls. 
These are covered with a cheap 
grade of roofing paper. The 
roof is formed of hotbed sash. 
The houses are usually heated 
with steam or hot water or by 
means of flues. Some growers 
depend on the heat of the sun, but 
this is satisfactory only during 
the spring. 
METHOD OF FORCING. 
Lifting the crowns from the 
field and placing them under 
greenhouse benches, hotbeds or in 
cellars is the commoner method 
of forcing. The crowns are 
plowed or dug up late in the fall 
when the soil is moist, so as to 
have as much soil as possible ad- 
here to them. They are then left 
exposed in the field until frozen 
when they are covered with lit- 
ter or removed to a shed in order 
to prevent alternate freezing and 
thawing which is harmful. The 
crowns then are stored in a cool 
cellar or pit and bedded as needed 
to supply a succession of shoots. 
When ready for forcing, the 
crowns or roots should be brought 
must be furnishe for each entry 
