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up through and get a foot or so in height before the furrow is filled in level with 
the surface of the ground. The soil may be drawn into the furrows at different 
times and the weeds kept down by this filling in. All thistles and perennial weeds 
must be kept pulled to prevent choking of the young plants. Horse cultivation 
must be kept up continuously as is necessary throughout the growing season. 
The bed need not be covered for winter. The growth of grass will die down in 
the fall with heavy frost and it can be cut and removed. Manure from the stable 
can be spread in the fall, or commercial fertilizers early in the spring, and har¬ 
rowed into the soil before growth starts. The same culture must be kept up 
from year to year. After the first year the rows can be salted to keep down 
the weeds and the cultivator run between the rows. Do not cut asparagus for 
market or table use until the asparagus bed has been set two years. Cutting 
off the green succulent shoots tends to weaken the plant, so don’t cut much till 
the bed becomes strong and well established. After once well established, if well 
cared for and annually enriched with plenty of fertilizer, it may be cut as fast 
as it gets large enough, until well into the summer, after which it must be al¬ 
lowed to grow up and mature. Remember that asparagus is just the opposite of 
meadow grass, the oftener you cut it the more it weakens the roots and plants. 
Prices of Plants. —We supply Conover’s Colossal, Palmetto, Barr’s Mam¬ 
moth. Columbian Mammoth White, Donald’s Elmira and Giant Argenteil at 25c 
per doz.; $1 per 100; $5 per 1000 for 2-year-old roots. 
Rhubarb or Pieplant 
This is one of the first vegetables to start in the spring and furnishes ma¬ 
terial for pies and sauce before anything else in the fruit line is available. Pie¬ 
plant is not only palatable but is healthful, tending to clear the blood of im¬ 
purities in early spring, when most needed. The roots are very easy to make 
thrive if given rich soil and kept clean of weeds and grass. Stable manure 
applied each fall will greatly facilitate growth. If barrels or boxes are placed 
over the plants in early spring to exclude the light and keep away the frosts 
and cold winds, the stalks will make a large growth much earlier than otherwise 
and the growth will be all stalk, with very little leaf. 
Linnaeus. —Early, tender, delicious, finest flavor. Best tor some use.^ 
Victoria.— Largest, later; grows to mammoth size. H>c each; doz. 75c; 
100, $5. 
