FRUIT TREES REC( 
Asparagus 
For many years I had an idea that asparagus needed 
to be grown in a moist climate, that it would not grow 
in Texas. I found that it would stand as much dry 
weather as any kind of plant I know. It comes up in 
the early spring when fresh vegetables are scarce and 
high. After fresh asparagus is once known it is always 
preferred to the canned product. An acre of asparagus 
in some places is worth five hundred dollars. If you 
can only set a few plants they are ornamental and will 
grow most anywhere by the barn fence in any out of 
the way place. 
We have two good kinds. Palmetto has been grown 
in the South, and Martha Washington, the new kind 
that is proving very popular. 
