The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-03-29
culture of Asparagus

IhI# plant Will asl.rAnd IN MY iiah
deep, dry md porous snil through
whlrlt water can readily drain AWAY !.
hut " ,lora moi s,icrecl we'll II, heavy
close saila deficient I'm under drain.
ny. bu, " thir later requisite IL pro.
yl,lc,l. almost my soil enn w. 80 pa.
ra'rd ~ u llptl,ir. fair crops ~ II.
Asparagus rlnnts nfr inIsed ~
sowing the rreda In the month uf
September III autumn .pwn. or In TIN
month ~ April IL spring Tu~n The
rerd bpd should b. composed uf
good. rich spIl. we'll pulsrtiz"l aud
nianufcd with well .otird manure.
The @..l ~ which ~ ounce VIII pro.
dnec about thousand plants. 81 h.
s,iiiirirni for fifty Or sixty feet ~
drill should b. ihinly -nwn ~ drills
twelve iurhuB apart ni.l All lurh in
depth. After the plants come ny.
tho hrl should b. kept thorough,
clear ~ werdn hy repeated hoeinpa.
The plants, " we'll cared for. Will bs
large enough ~ plant ont IN pefma.
nrit hnIa wilon n year old. hui some
rulsivntors prefer IL let them remain
until they nrn two year, old. Ordl.
narlly II III II saving ~ Tin. 10 pur.
ohnsr The roots from u n,ltsefyn'hh,
OF SCOTSMAN. IN one ~ Two yanfs
tImr ean be- gained by 40 doing
AZ Asparagus buds, II properly
prepared md attended to, viii Yield
good Ah0ots for twenty year,. II II
poor policy ~ neglect the proper
preparation ~ the bed ~ rtint III.
anpply ~ fertIllzInf material. The,
nny Lp prepared nili planted either
In ihe autumn nr IN The fpfinH ~
soon ~ tIe ground II III good work
Ing orier. np II midi. of end u
Aptil. Tho ground should be- trench
"a two spades deep, md eauh Ara,lu
~ depth should have three Dr -four
itphrs dcep ~ well rptied mnnur.
dug into HI. sol, mixing u thorough,
". CuAfas bone dust ~ crushed
bon. Il ALSO III excellent fertilizer
for Till plnni
II Ii ,,FtaI ~ plnni tho roots IN
inip ouch live feet VILE, .nd con.
iuininn three rows II plants ulr foot
apart and font between either ~
tho outer rows and tIn .dRu vi tile
h..I. AMI then allowing two ~ two
aud II half fnei ALLY way between
lie l..iA, b,if ilis II by no means
absolutely necessary, N The bnds
eni, h. nude IL my dehlrad width.
and W think II Il better 10 CIV.
greater space between til. rows than
Ii unusually dome my fifteen u
eighteen Inches apart. III order ~ MI
luN ffen neeass III light and mir, for II
II thr rtrong healthy growth ~ tn
plant Inrinn the pr.sani scnsoi, TINT
produces II crop NJ lnrpn, s'icr,llcut
shoots The ensuing spring and sum.
fntr,
Another mode " ~ plnni them III
plants vt fifteen ~ eighteen Inehes
apart 81 The row preparing III roil
with thr pIpw and r,ii,Aoilei. working
In plenty II manure Into the trenches,
Ihla II The mode adopted for field
culture. and whore thu garden space
adfnits III II, and fhc beds nrG cuIti
,ated by horne hnea, II u thn prefer.
nhin mode II large gnnDiiti4 " 1hoota
nte required.
IL planting the roots nIicr the
beds nfs prepared, stretch line for
the length ~ the row, Ortti trench
viz o. eight inche. Iecp, some what
siei,inn IN ti,n slide nnxt ~ TIN line.
nvninsi fhis sidG iay The piahis With
iii. crowns about three ih.hea fiuIn
surface ~ thr bed. spreading out In
foots fanWlss. md ~ you proceed
throwing In thr UseAsnt.j enfth
against them, and pressing n down
firmly with thu foot. Wbcn planted
In rows u foot almfi ihn rlntis Will
gei j,nofs nlt and lIHhi by being
plniIinI I'm llihenns,
The after cultivation ~ the bsda
consls4fs In keeping ihem aeiiipu.
IpnsIy clear III werslr; every ApfiDR
give them top dressing u fottstl
manure. .lllrfhosphHtn ~ lime "
vunnD. Iii thr interior ~ the conn.
try away from thu influence ~ thr
sen nlr Il top dressing III snIs III bst,a.
tirtHI. applied ~ thu rnss ~ fifi.a'i ~
sixteen touDdA 70 sixty spnafe yards,
A IIbefnl application ~ liquid MI.
nuie inay uisO br useb ~ Hfrnf hd.
vantage. a ppnIlhp fptH II ptafst.
nLIs III Il spnsIa hi turning IN III" mn.
uufr. ~ IA II less iini,I. ~ I'LL ~ IN.
lure The roots. hut os.n TIL should
not be inserted more tiiHn I've Or air
inches deet. III sections VI the
country whtIc ilin Winters nfa 20
we're, ur there N bni iiMIs rnow. II "
prudent ~ protect The he.ls by II
covering III leaves. srnNred. ~ long
manure ihfnr or four iushrs thick,
removing II rAfiy ~ ihr arfihp
III. shoots stlDnld fus la r'li h".
fDta iIIf third yeur nfI.f planting,
n,,d then bnt spnfinai.. after That
The Yield Will h. Abundant, III tie
Middle States tie cutting shpnld
nrhsr nhpll III. IUih n Jun. lut III
Nh. Yu8t.lu nnl Northern Hsnseh "