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soil, on top of which place the crowns about 8 inches apart, spread out 
the roots and cover them very shallow. After the plants start to grow, 
work the soil to them gradually until it becomes level. The plants should 
be cultivated frequently and kept clean. 
The dead tops should be mown off in the fall and furrows should 
be thrown on the rows from each side, and the middles cleaned out. This 
will cause the bed to warm up early in the spring. 
If big shoots are wanted you must manure and fertilize heavily, 
for on the fertility of the soil depends the profit of the crop. Five hundred 
pounds of kainit to an acre, applied in the fall when bedding, and five 
hundred pounds of fish or tankage, and five hundred pounds of acid 
phosphate harrowed in the early spring will answer where commercial 
fertilizers are used. Asparagus is a gross feeder, and the soil can scarcely 
be made too rich. 
The location of the bed should be selected carefully, the soil pre¬ 
pared carefully and the plants well cultivated if best results are expected. 
Do not cut for use until second year. 
Prices of Asparagus Crowns 
Hundred Thousand 
1 year crown. $ .60 $3.50 
Strong 2 year crowns, $ .50 per 25 1.00 6.00 
CONOVER'S COLOSSAL — There 
is no fruit nor vegetable which has had a 
more uniform successful career than this 
old popular standard variety of Asparagus. 
It has stood the test of time in different 
localities and varied climatic conditions 
as favorably as anything in the plant pro¬ 
duction which has been introduced for 
the post twenty-five years. Many largo 
growers use this variety almost exclu¬ 
sively. It is a reliable, adaptable sort, 
early; a good pioducer; of quick growth 
and superb in quality. 
PALMETTO—The large size, earliness, 
great yield and freedom from rust of 
this variety has made it exceedingly 
popular, and it is now regarded by many 
growers os the most reliable and profitable 
of all for market. 
Rhubarb or Pie Plant 
You should have a row of Rhubarb, or Pie Plant, in your garden. 
Ten or twenty plants are enough for any family, and if the roots are well 
fed and pruned or reset occasionally they will yield for twenty years 
or more. Easy to plant, cultivating consists merely in keeping down 
weeds and preserving the mulch until the leaves cover the ground. The 
soil should be rich and deep, and for an early start it should be warm and 
quick. Prepare the bed or the hill for each plant, to a depth of 2 feet, 
if possible, working in much compost or well-rotted manure. There 
is nothing more healthful than Rhubarb sauce and delightful pies made 
with fresh cut Rhubarb. Prices of strong roots lower than ever. 
Only 15 cents each; $1.00 for ten. 
LINNAEUS—Large, early; tender without being in the stringy, 
with a mild sub-acid flavor. One of the best sorts, 
HOUSE RADISH — This popular A half dozen will provide the ordinary 
condiment is very easily produced in the family and os it spreads quite rapidly 
homo garden and onj one who has com- the source of supply is easily maintained. ’ 
pared the freshly dug article with that 
sold over counters, can appreciate the We furnish large, strong roots, not small 
valuo of good, home grown horse radish. lengths. 10 for 25 cents. 
