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If You Plant the Fall Bearing Varieties You Are 
Worden —Originated in Oswego Co., 
N. Y., where it Is the favorite grape for 
home use. Vines moderate growers, but 
produce immense annual crops. Bunch, 
large, compact, handsome. Berries large; 
color, black, ripening a week or ten days 
before Concord. Skin, thin; flavor ex¬ 
cellent. 10c each; doz., 51.00; 100, $7.50. 
Green Mountain —The earliest good 
grape. Color, yellowish green. Vine 
good grower, healthy and productive. 
Berries medium in size. Quality good. 
flavor sweet, pure, delicious. Good 
keeper. 25c each; doz., $2.00. 
Concord —Vigorous, healthy, produc¬ 
tive. Berries black, sweet and good 
keeper. Best to run over porches and 
cover buildings and unsightly objects. 
Succeeds everywhere. 10c each; doz., 
75c: 1^. $5.00. 
Moore’s Diamond, Moore's Early, Brigh¬ 
ton, Catawba, Agawan, Green's Early, 
LIndley, Delaware. 15c each; doz., $1.60; 
100 , $ 10 . 00 . 
Asparagus 
Asparagus is the first vegetable to come in spring and is very popular with 
those who know its value. It is not only a fine dish, rivalling green peas in 
palatability, but it has great medicinal value for the kidneys. Every farmer 
and householder should have a generous supply and if at any time he has a 
surplus, a ready market can be found. When properly set and cared for, it will 
last a lifetime. We find asparagus fully as profitable as strawberries and the 
demand is almost impossible to supply. It should be prepared for the table 
much like green peas. 
How to Grow Asparagus. 
The land for asparagus must be elevated and well drained. The soil must 
be rich, mellow and deep. It must not be planted where frosts are liable to 
kill the young, tender shoots in early spring, so we advise planting on top of a 
hill near the buildings. If the land has been to corn or potatoes, we advise 
plowing in the fall and getting all ready for early spring planting. In spring 
as soon as the ground w'orks nicely, we prepare the land and mark the rows 
out 4 feet apart. A good heavy plow is best for this, turning out a good wide 
furrow some 10 inches deep. We select large two-year-old roots and drop them 
in the bottom of the furrow like potatoes, about 1 foot apart. When the field is 
dropped, we cover the plants with about 2 inches of mellow soil.- In about a 
week, we start the cultivator and keep it going at intervals throughout the 
season. What few weeds that come up can readily be pulled out. In the fall, 
after heavy frosts, it is time to cut off the dead grass and apply a heavy coat of 
rich barn manure. This fall treatment must be kept up from year to year. For 
best results, it is not advisable to cut asparagus from the bed until the second 
year after it is set out. Cutting tends to weaken the plants and they should be 
allowed to get strong and stocky. In cutting, be careful not to injure the young 
