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HARRISONS’ NURSERIES 
Asparagus 
Many planters prefer one-year plants, as they suffer less in transplanting. 
The preparation of the bed should be made in a most thorough manner, as 
Prices: 2-year crowns, 45 cts. 
10 to 49 crowns are sold at the 10 n 
300 or more crowns are sold at the 1,000 i 
It IS to last for a number of years. A deep 
sandy loam with an abundance of de¬ 
cayed organic matter is the best soil. 
Planting is best done in the spring as 
early as the soil can be worked in good 
condition. Run furrows with plow and 
clean out with shovel to a depth of 1 foot. 
Place well-rotted stable manure thickly in 
the trench, then just a slight covering 
with the soil, on top of which place the 
crowns about 2 feet 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 frequently cultivated 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 
rranure 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 bed¬ 
ding, and five hundred pounds of fish or 
tankage, and five hundred pounds of 
acid phosphate harrowed in, in the early 
spring, will answer where commercial fer¬ 
tilizers are used. ^ Asparagus is a gross 
feeder, and the soil can scarcely be made 
too rich. 
The location of the bed should be 
carefully selected, the soil carefully pre¬ 
pared and the plants well cultivated if 
best results are expected. 
for 10, $1.50 per 100, $6 per 1,000 
ite; 50 to 299 crowns are sold at the 100 rate; 
PARCEL POST. See page 79 for prices. 
Barr’s Mammoth. A medium-early, tender, crisp, light green variety of 
which the yield is always enormous; stalks large; good for all purposes. 
Conover’s Colossal. Of fine quality, white, tender and high flavored. Often 
cut the second year. 
Donald’s Elmira. Very delicate green, tender and brittle; size immense; 
stalks uniformly large, and can be tied in bunches without trimming, giving 
more salable Asparagus in the same growth. 
Giant Argenteuil. A very early variety, producing heavy crops of the largest 
white stalks. It is very long lived, holds its lead in all the^ largest Asparagus 
sections, as it makes a good show in market, and always brings the best prices 
of any Asparagus. 
Palmetto. Large, productive and of high quality; dark green. Ten days to 
two weeks earlier than other kinds. 
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