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THE DANIELS NURSERY 

ASPARAGUS 
Easy to Grow-and So Good for'You 
. ONE PLANTING LASTS MANY YEARS 

MARY WASHINGTON 
This Giant Asparagus, the result 
of years and years of plant breeding 
work done by the United States De- 
partment of Agriculture, is every- . 
where admitted to be the finest 
asparagus grown. Mary Washington 
seems to be the ideal asparagus as it 
is rust-resistant and surpasses_all 
other varieties in yield and quality. 
Its enormous tender shoots of vivid 
dark green retain their tenderness 
and do not branch until well above 
cutting height. 
Our 3 year asparagus are truly 
fine. They are transplanted stock, 
very heavy and strong roots that will 
give fast growth and the earliest 
possible, time saving production. 
MARY WASHINGTON 
ASPARAGUS PRICES 
12 25 50 100 
3 yr. transplants......$1.25 $2.00 $3.50 $6.00 
2 yr. plants.. . 100 1.75 2.75 4.00 
1 yrs plants.cccern 90 1.35 2.00 3.25 
Ask for special prices on larger quantities. 


Your Earliest Spring 
Garden Rewards 
HIGH VITAMIN LUSCIOUSNESS 
Permanently yours from a Mary 
Washington Asparagus bed. 
Easy to grow! 

Mary Washington 
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ASPARAGUS CULTURE 
Asparagus is started from seed, and 
usually here in the Middle West allowed 
to develop into two-year-old plants before 
transplanting to the permanent bed. The 
plants should be set out in the spring in 
the bottom of a trench 6 to 8 inches deep, 
with the plants spaced about 18 inches 
apart. Fall planting is permissible but not 
as popular as spring planting. Immediate- 
ly after planting they should be covered 
with only an inch of soil. After the plants 
develop their tops, the balance of the 
trench may be filled with soil as cultiva- 
tion is carried on through the summer. If£ 
the trench is filled full at the time of 
planting, most of the plants will be unable 
to push through and will be lost. The rows 
are usually spaced 4 feet apart for field 
culture, but any reasonable spacing, even 
a solid bed area, may be used for the 
home garden. 
For heavy production it is a common 
practice with the home gardener to dig a 
trench from 2 to 3 feet deep. This is then 
filled to within 12 or 14 inches from the top 
with thoroughly packed, well-rotted ma- 
nure. Good black soil is then put into the 
trench, filling it to within 6 inches of the 
surface. From this point on the planting 
is carried on as described above. 
Thorough cultivation and hoeing should 
be given the asparagus bed at all times. 
No shoots should be cut either the first or 
second year; only a moderate amount 
should be cut the third year and in the 
fourth year it may be harvested through- 
out the full cutting season. Production 
starts early in May and cutting may be 
continued in the established bed until 
about the middle of June. From then on 
the tops are allowed to develop so that 
they may manufacture and store food in 
the roots for the production of the follow- 
ing spring’s crop. The best time to fer- 
tilize an asparagus bed is at the termina- 
tion of the spring cutting season. Light 
applications of well-rotted manure make 
the best fertilizer although any good gar- 
den commercial fertilizer may be used. 
It is an old custom, but not necessarily 
a wise one, to scatter salt on an asparagus 
bed. The theory for this practice is that 
the asparagus plant being quite tolerant 
of salt should not be affected adversely by 
a covering of salt sufficiently heavy to 
check or eliminate weed growth. Most 
growers who maintain a good standard of 
cultivation in their asparagus bed consider 
the use of salt an unwise practice. 
RHUBARB CULTURE 
Improved varieties of rhubarb are pro- 
pagated by dividing the roots, as they do 
not “come true to seed.’ These roots are 
set with the eye just below ground level 
with a spacing of from 3 to 4 feet each 
way. No stalks should be pulled the first 
year. They should be ‘sampled’ only 
lightly the second year, but may be har- 
vested heavily beginning with the third 
year . The most delicate and desirable 
stems are those produced early in the 
spring, but the stalks may be used at any 
time throughout the growing season. Good 
fertilization will improve both the size of 
stalks and the total yield. 
While rhubarb will do better than most 
plants in semi-neglect, it responds so gen- 
erously to good cultivation that it should 
be given the same care as the rest of the 
garden. 
RHUBARB 

CANADA RED 
The New Chipman’‘s 
Canada Red Rhubarb 
A new introduction from Canada, 
this variety is unquestionably the 
most beautifully colored, all red 
stem of any rhubarbs now grown. 
Stems are dark red way to the cen- 
ter and carry the color up into the 
leaf veins. Makes a beautiful, deep 
red sauce of sweet, mild flavor. 
Stocks very limited. 
Strong divisions 90c each; 
2 for $1.75; 5 for $4.00 
Two Other 
“Super” Rhubarbs 
MacDONALD — The finest of the 
large stalked, high quality rhubarbs. 
The planter who wants a rhubarb of 
high quality—good red color and 
heavy yield of large stocks, will find 
nothing better than MacDonald. 
RUBY — A heavy producer with 
much higher coloring and better 
quality than McDonald. It excels all 
older Rhubarbs (Strawberry includ- 
ed) for cullinary uses because of its 
mildness and strong color. Stalks 
are somewhat smaller than those of 
McDonald. Plant Ruby freely for 
health-giving Rhubarb sauce, pies, 
and preserves. 
Prices on Ruby and McDonald 
Strong Divisions......$0.60 $2.75 $4.50 
Medium Divisions.... .50 2.25 4.00 
Plant Asparagus and 
Rhubarb and enjoy ear- 
ly spring garden health 
and joys for years and 
years to come. 
