1910 . 
THtC RURAb NEW-VORKER 
679 
Ruralisms 
COMMERCIAL ASPARAGUS CULTURE. 
The asparagus stalk shown at Fig. 
285 was sent us by Mr. A. Donald, of 
Chemung County, N. Y., who gives the 
following notes on the crop and its cul¬ 
tivation : 
“The soil on the field from which these 
stalks were grown is a sandv loam with 
a gravelly subsoil. It is called made 
land or filled in by overflow of a stream 
DONALD’S ELMIRA. TIIREE-YEAR-OLD. 
Fig. 285. 
which runs nearby. The field was in 
sod except for a year before setting the 
plants, when I cultivated to cabbage to 
get it in condition for asparagus. 
“In setting a new bed it is important 
to get the plants in deep, at least six or 
eight inches below the surface, as they 
work up. We like to cut a part of the 
stalk below the surface. This gives a 
good blended stalk which shows up bet¬ 
ter than the all green stalk. To set the 
plants we plow two or three times in 
each furrow as deep as we can go with 
a two-horse plow. We then clean out 
the furrow with shovel or hoe, setting 
the plants 18 to 20 inches in the row 
and rows five feet apart, so as to give 
the plants plenty of room which is an 
important part for large stalks. We use 
level culture with 40 to 50 tons of 
stable manure to the acre every Winter 
and about 1,500 pounds high grade fer¬ 
tilizer (4-6-10) to the acre in the Spring, 
well harrowed in, and keep up a con¬ 
stant cultivation all through the season. 
We began cutting the field this Spring at 
three years old and for the first week it 
was fine, but on May 5 a very hard 
freeze which crusted the ground from 
one-half to three-quarters inch very 
materially hurt the crop this year. Judg¬ 
ing by the week previous to the freeze 
I would estimate from about two weeks’ 
cutting an average of 14 dozen a week 
or 70 dozen to the / 2 acre, at $2.00 per 
dozen wholesale, $140. If one retails he 
could do much better. As the field gets 
older I think it will do still better. 
“I have been troubled very little so far 
with blight, a little now and then but 
not extensive. The beetle I fight with 
Paris green. In the Fall after frost has 
killed the growth we cut the tops off 
close to the ground and burn so as to 
kill all insects and disease, then covering 
with manure.” 
Failure With Chrysanthemums. 
II. IT. S.j NiantiCj Conn .—I have a friend 
who used to have good success in Chrys¬ 
anthemums, but now falls every time. 
They grow well for a while, and then die 
down. As far as I know, the culture is 
the same as at first. There is an arhor 
vitae hedge around the garden. Can it be 
possible that this in any way affects the 
fertility of the soil or the growth of the 
Chrysanthemums ? 
Ans.—W e are not given any informa¬ 
tion as to culture, or informed whether 
the plants are old or young, or whether 
they arc in the immediate proximity of 
the evergreen hedge. Our inference is 
that the plants are starved, either because 
they have been left without sufficient 
fertilization, or because they are robbed 
by the hedge, which takes a great deal 
of moisture, as well as plant food. Hardy 
Chrysanthemums may be left in the same 
position for a number of years if they 
are given a good top-dressing of manure 
each Spring. Some of the weaker shoots 
may be cut out before growth is far ad¬ 
vanced, as this will improve the flowers. 
When the plants begin to diminish in 
vigor they should be lifted, divided and 
replanted in the Spring. If the soil is 
starved new plantings would be likely to 
suffer, starting off in growth and then 
failing from exhaustion of food supply. 
But we should think an arbor vitae hedge 
undesirable in the vicinity of any garden 
plants, and as Chrysanthemums need 
plenty of food and moisture they would 
quickly suffer from their hungry neigh¬ 
bors. 
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