1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
325 
EVERYBODY'S GARDEN. 
The Asparagus Bed. —Whether for 
the home or market purposes asparagus 
is among the best of the vegetable 
crops. Like other crops, however, the 
profits are contingent upon soil and cul¬ 
tural conditions. There is considerable 
discussion as to which is the better 
plan; to start with the seed or with 
plants. Both have their advocates, and 
both their advantages. So far as I 
know the chief argument in favor of the 
latter is the one year gained in bring¬ 
ing the bed to bearing age. Experienced 
growers tell us that in starting with the 
plants we multiply the chances of rust. 
Doubtless this is true, for in buying the 
sets we seldom if ever know anything 
of the conditions under which they were 
grown. Another evil hard to guard 
against is the chance of getting stunted 
two-year-old plants instead of thrifty 
yearling roots. In starting the work 
we are planning not for a year or two 
but for 15 to 20 years ahead, so we be¬ 
lieve it pays to make every condition as 
nearly right as possible. 
Location. —As we are looking far 
ahead the matter of location becomes 
one of first importance. It should be as 
warm and sunny as possible, as the 
early crop always pays best, and if only 
for home use the sooner we get it the 
better. The soil should also be deep 
and mellow with good drainage, and if 
lacking these we must make them, es¬ 
pecially the drainage. These details are 
more easily attended to before than af¬ 
ter the planting. As the bed is long- 
lived and the crowns set a little higher 
each year we see the importance of 
deep setting, 10 to 12 inches being none 
too deep. Briefly then, here are the es¬ 
sentials of success; a sunny exposure 
with deep, mellow, well-drained soil; 
thrifty yearling roots, heavy manuring 
previous to planting and deeply-set 
roots. 
Marketing. —A point never to be lost 
sight of is that prices are far more a 
matter of taste and fancy than of mar¬ 
ket quotations. If attracted by choice 
articles tastefully put up the consumers 
in general care little for prices as 
quoted. The eye is to be satisfied and 
the palate tickled, and once these re¬ 
quirements are met prices cut but little 
figure. We often cut the prices in 
half by neglect of these points, and 
many a package or even full load must 
pass as seconds or worse, when care in 
sorting and putting up would have put 
most of it up to fancy prices. 
As to Growing. —The quality of vege¬ 
tables is also an important and far- 
reaching point, and affects both grower 
and consumer. High quality is impos¬ 
sible without ideal conditions of soil, 
fertility and culture. Green manure is 
liable to injure most of the root crops, 
while vine and others as corn, peas, etc. 
will be benefited. The benefits of heavy 
applications of manure are nearly al¬ 
ways realized the second year after ap¬ 
plied, and that is the safe plan for near¬ 
ly all garden crops. As to the culture, 
I have always had best results by plow¬ 
ing as soon as the soil would work nice¬ 
ly, and cultivate frequently until seed 
time. This makes the crop easy to tend 
and millions of weeds are put out of 
business. A tenant who worked part oi 
our place last year, planted his potatoes 
and corn, but waited until he could fol¬ 
low the rows before cultivating. The 
weeds got there first, and held the fort 
all Summer. 
Seed Potatoes. —I have recently or¬ 
dered two barrels of Peck’s Early and 
requested them shipped at once, but the 
railroads are out of business, and not a 
train oan enter or leave the city. The 
hurry is to get part of them at least 
started in boxes. I have speculated 
much as to whether the blight so pre¬ 
valent last year would affect the crop 
this season. It seems next to impossible 
to find any locality where it did not ap¬ 
pear, so we must take the chances. I 
think my ground is practically free 
from scab as yet, and I certainly wish 
to keep it so. I believe it will be good 
practice to use the corrosive sublimate 
solution, and in addition the sulphur 
will not come amiss. Both treatments 
will certainly be good for the scab, and 
if blight spores are present it may be 
useful for that also. There may be no 
danger from the latter, but some good 
authorities are cautioning against plant¬ 
ing on ground that was affected last 
year. If there is danger from that 
source why not equal danger from 
planting the seed which was also in¬ 
fected? In many localities where the 
blight struck the rot did not affect the 
potatoes, while in other sections nearly 
the whole crop was taken. With the 
double precaution of the solution and 
sulphur, the scab will be pretty well 
provided against, and if any good comes 
in the other direction it will be so much 
gain. J. e. morse. 
Michigan. _ 
Questions About Beans and Peas. 
8. 8. C., Hardwick, Vt .—How do the im¬ 
proved Yellow Eye beans compare in yield 
with the best strains of pea beans? I also 
wish to grow a few Nott’s Excelsior peas 
for seed. Will these require any different 
treatment than if for market? 
Ans. —The Yellow Eye beans are not 
so productive as the best type of small 
pea or navy. Still, if S. S. C. has a spe¬ 
cial market for Yellow Eyes he may find 
them the more profitable crop. They 
certainly are superior to the pea beans 
in flavor. The highest quality of seed 
and largest crops of all dwarf garden 
peas are grown under cultivation, in 
rows 28 inches apart, using two to three 
bushels seed per acre. I have used an 
11-hoe grain drill, planting three rows 
at once. Use center hoe and second from 
each end. Cover two inches in clay and 
three in light soil or loam. Until peas 
are three inches in height I use Hallock 
weeder, afterward a flve-spring-tooth 
cultivator. I have records of crops grown 
in this way that netted $70 to $96 per 
acre. edw. e. evans. 
Michigan. _ 
Teacher: “What do you know of 
Mesopotamia?’’ Tommy (dubiously at 
first, but becoming more confident as he 
proceeds): “Mesopotamia is—is an ani¬ 
mal that inhabits the rivers of Africa. 
You shoot ’em with big double-barrelled 
rifles.”—Chicago Tribune. 
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Clark’s Reversible 
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