8 HOLDRIDGE’S BOOK OF BERRIES—1942 
ASPARAGUS PLANTS 
MARY WASHINGTON VARIETY—We have some very 
fine asparagus plants for sale this year. We bought the very 
best seed available to start with. They were grown on well 
fertilized land. These plants are as good as any we have ever 
had for sale. 
Home grown asparagus is one of the real treats available 
to the gardener. Cut fresh in your garden, it is very sweet and 
tender. Start now to have your own bed from which to cut. 
The Washington variety of asparagus is recognized as the 
outstanding yielder of al! varieties of asparagus and more re- 
sistant to rust than any other variety. 
1 year plants, 25 plants for 50c; 50 plants for 75c; 100 fot 
$1.00; 500 for $4.00; 1,000 for $7.00. 
2 year plants, 25 plants for 60c; 50 plants for $1.00; 100 
for $1.25; 500. for $6.09; 1,000 for $10.00. 
CULTURE 
The roots should be planted in early spring, just as early 
as vou can work the land. They should be set in furrows 5 to 
7 inches deep with the roots spread out somewhat in the furrow. 
A good practice is to open the furrow 8 to 12 inches, apply a 
liberal amount of well-rotted stable manure, well mixed with 
the soil filling the furrow to 5 to 7 inches deep before the roots 
are set. They should be covered with about 3 inches of soil 
until the young shoots start to come through. Then the furrows 
should be gradually filled in as the young plants grow, until 
the ground is level. In the garden, set in rows 3% feet apart, 
with roots 12 to 15 inches apart in the row; in large com- 
mercial plantings rows 4 to 5 feet apart are generally used. 
Asparagus needs good cultivation, with plenty of manure and 
fertilizer. 
Newington, Conn. 
Received your fine plants for which I thank you very much. 
EDWIN T. ADAMS. 
Eagleville, Conn. 
The strawberry plants purchased from you were the 
strongest and finest ones I have ever had. 
MRS. G. HOLLINGSWORTH. 
Westville, Conn. 
I was very much pleased with the plants you sent me 
last year. 
LEROY C. BEECHER. 
Rowley, Mass. 
I have tested a great many varieties of strawberries but 
very few bear enough to pay when compared with Howard 17. 
Among those tested and discarded were: Aberdeen, Blakemore, 
Fairfax, Cato, Bouquet, Howard Supreme and others. 
I never had from any nursery such fine plants with so 
many live as did your Pathfinder last vear. 
ALBERT F. TENNEY. 
