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How to Have Asparagus in the 
Fall. 
BY M. D. DUMBELL. 
In the summer of 1882 one of my apple 
trees died. The following fall I cut down 
the tree and grubbed up the roots, as I 
wanted, the ground for something else. In 
doing so I had to cut off the tops of a neigh 
boring bed of asparagus. In about three 
weeks after I had done the work, I noticed 
that many young shoots of asparagus had 
made their appearance. The thought struck 
me that I might have some of that vege¬ 
table in the fall as well as in the early 
spring time. The next year, 1883, I let the 
asparagus on one of my beds grow through 
the spring and summer. In the fall I cut 
off the tops and worked the bed a little, 
but for some weeks before and after there 
was a drought, so only a few shoots came 
up. 
Upon the whole, I considered the exper 
iment had not had a fair trial; so in the 
following year, 1884, I repeated the opera¬ 
tion, and as there was plenty of rain last 
fall, I was rewarded with success. The 
only trouble was the bed of asparagus was 
not large enough to give me a continuous 
supply. It will be observed that by this 
method the plants get their growth in the 
spring and summer, by the other way in 
the summer and fall. Now to any one that, 
like myself, has more asparagus than he 
can well use in the spring, this is a good 
plan to have some in the fall. I would not 
advise market gardeners to try this method 
unless they have good facilities for water¬ 
ing the plants in case of drought, otherwise 
a failure would be sure to follow. Many 
time- I have tried to grow green peas by 
sowing the seed late in the summer, but in 
every instance but one, I met with a failure 
through either drought or mildew, and in 
the one exception the peas did not taste to 
me like green peas do in the spring, but 
with the asparagus there was no difference. 
Of course in the fall you have a choice of 
many vegetables, whereas in the early 
spring time you have none; but to any one 
that is fond of asparagus, the above is a 
good way to have it twice a year. 
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