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Asparagus 
It's Wonderful When You Pick It in Your Own Garden 
Mary Washington 
Asparagus 
Our Washington asparagus plants are 
the finest this year that we have ever 
had to offer. The plants were grown quite 
thinly and are very large and very uni¬ 
form. The best posted growers in Cali¬ 
fornia are all adapting the Mary Wash¬ 
ington asparagus because it is more pro¬ 
lific, more rust resistant, earlier and of 
finer quality than the common varieties. 
For as little as $1.25 you can get 
enough plants of this fine asparagus to 
set out a fifty-foot row which will fur¬ 
nish a small family with the finest 
fresh asparagus for several months each 
spring. 
Prices —Extra large one year old 
plants prepaid to you: 10, 40c; 25, 75c; 
50, $1.25; 100, $2.00; 500, $6.00; 1000, 
$ 10 . 00 . 
We have a limited number of very 
large two year old plants, suitable for 
the small garden where quick results is 
important, at 75 cents per dozen; 25, 
$1.25; 50, $2.00. 
It is a very good plan to dust the 
asparagus bed with sulphur two or three 
times during the summer as a safeguard 
against rust. This is best done of a 
morning while the plants are wet with 
dew. Usually once a month or six weeks 
is often enough. 
Brief Instructions for Growing 
Asparagus 
Plow or spade a furrow from 6" to 10" 
deep and spread the asparagus roots out 
in the bottom from 12" to 16" apart, 
making the rows six feet apart. When 
the plants have been set in this deep 
furrow cover only about two inches deep 
and then as they grow work more dirt 
to them until the furrow is finally filled 
up. This is to get the crowns down 
deep so that they will not be injured by 
cutting. No asparagus should be cut the 
first season. In the fall when the tops 
turn yellow cut them off to the ground 
and manure heavily. The next spring the 
bed may oe cut for a while, but must 
be allowed to fern (grow tall tops!) each 
summer and fall in order that the plants 
may recuperate and be ready for cut¬ 
ting the following spring. 
Your asparagus row or bed or field 
should be dusted several times during 
the first growing season to prevent rust. 
It is best to do this dusting of a morn¬ 
ing while there is dew on the asparagus. 
During each late summer and fall after 
the cutting season is over and while the 
tops are growing up big, they should be 
dusted with sulphur. It is much better 
if you will do this dusting as a preven¬ 
tive before the rust attacks the aspara¬ 
gus than to wait until the rust has al¬ 
ready gotten a hold to start dusting. 
In some home gardens, where the 
space is very limited, asparagus is some¬ 
times planted in beds rather than in rows 
as described above. When asparagus is 
crowded into a small bed it must be 
more heavily fertilized. The usual prac¬ 
tice is to dig out a hole 18" or 20" deep 
and as large as you wish the bed to be. 
and put a foot or more of manure in the 
bottom. Then cover with 6" of top dirt. 
Set the plants 12" apart each way on 
this bed, and cover about 2" deep. As 
this bed settles add more dirt so that 
finally the crowns will be several inches 
deep. In irrigated sections we think 
planting in rows will prove better than 
planting in beds. 
Artichokes 
Artichokes are very easy to grow. They 
should be planted six feet apart, and as 
early in the spring as the weather in 
your section permits. In California they 
shauld be pushed along in the spring and 
early summer with water and some fer¬ 
tilizer. In August and September they 
should not be irrigated, and should be 
allowed to get very dry and have a short 
dormant period, after which the tops are 
cut clear back to the ground and the 
plants watered and fertilized. This starts 
up new, vigorous growth which will pro¬ 
duce good crop of buds during late win¬ 
ter and early spring. As soon as the buds 
are large enough for table use, they 
should be picked. None should be allowed 
to blossom out as long as you want to 
keep on picking. This same treatment is 
given year after year. 
In the colder parts of the country the 
dormant season comes in the winter and 
they are pushed for production in the 
early summer. The fertilizing is done 
either the last thing in the fall or first 
thing in the spring. 
FRENCH GREEN GLOBE— This is the 
finest artichoke grown in California, both 
for shipping and for home use. The buds 
are large and fine flavored and this vari¬ 
ety produces abundantly over a long sea¬ 
son. The plants we are offering you are 
large, have started roots, and will give 
you artichokes much quicker than small 
offshoots without roots. All of our plants 
will be true French Green Globe for we 
use no seedling plants. 
PRICES PREPAID—each 20c; 10 for 
$1.50; 100 for $12.00. Write for quantity 
price. 
SEE CULTURAL DIRECTIONS, PAGES 23 TO 27 
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