, 1879-04-26
HORTICULTURE.
Asparngns-1fow to piant-trov :,
vate-ifow to Prepare for Marks, wv. ~
Its of tho Crop.

vate-ftow to Prepare for at,,t.. ea'A.
Its of tho Crop. s-Ffsh
Frur. Our o1pn Corrtspond,nt.
No. 10 Elol1TRHarM BTnEer. C,,c.,
@.-rho following letter comes from s. cs1.. aSa
Please give me m account OF the bc,, ,s."
Planting, mud cnltivatihg, anu mnrt etI.ns .ne!hod
fus; Es u ttoatabls as a market. .sSonfE i..pa':
III THE tribune. 'p' Ah.s.t
Having had In former years largo e,n.,,.1 y.
In planting, and growing, and marts,,a. t,.saa
parag,lat | cla[m to know something NJ ~ y
beat to do this thing. " a''
Fiyu mud six ycnrs nKo planted. =, III.
ILL.,, 40-acre Qcld to asparagus, and curis.s @
IL for three Ycars, when aold tho farm .ns ~
third 5eur from planting, I sold Tito tn, ~ y
sl,boo, less commissions, III Chicago. h.s
always faTortto crop With mc, onA n,tI.s
myself upon mY methods and succcss In /, ''st
will describe Just how I com,nenr,s ~
cecdod, md achieved, satisfactory ,usss,' w
growing aspnracus for tho Chicago matfu =
tbs latitude of Alton. q
It WAS In ll,c year 1871, Al late "a Inn. d,
,tl,ut the Idea struck mo TINT would h.'.+t
mammoth plantation Of asparagus; anil, h, -
It *as In the season, purchased t.,c ss.d -,
sowcl it, growing 100000 plants tint -, ~
The next spring the ma!n plantation Va. ~
Tio soil was chiefly rich bottom.lapa, a.
ncrcs werc planted On tho hllls; a,p] M 4.
loose soils Of the Alton hills the crop ,eem.d..
do equally we'll with that planted On Ii. ix
tom-lnnls+ ~ NY
TIN PLANTING.
lplantcd In The early sprlny, thorough, r.,
pairing tho ground by deep pluwing and h,,nr, nv
inE, and marklnH. with plow boi1 wlya la
fNPf mari. 1hN rInn1a fF''E1
lii tho places whcro tho furrows lu,,tnst lFlstvst
MD covered With a hoo, steupug upon tn n
covered, to press tho carth upon tia ni,n,.s
Just as you would drop mid cover potatost
spcnt no mora labor mil care. either Ii ..
psoparat!on Of the soil or in planting, la,
! would for potatous. covered tllem abouAt
depth you would eovor patatoes. 1contat,I
| 1t wholly impracticablo ard unuccei1srf |,
trcsicil two or three fcrt doep, and burr tas,
und manure; which mould ba verT e1c<mn
and d0es not ray.
The practice Of deep planting, cIeht tusA.
under ground, practiced,. by some, a,attj
rurofully, knowing That the mo,,uy vas Ii h,t
Ing carly cuttings. II planted deep, the a.
| cutncs late.
THE CULTIVATION
| Is no mystery. 1t In simply to keep ste p'ou
| nlul llocs gutng constantly, to keep loYn mi
Arl keep the soil loose during tho growing tn
snt,. GIye oil tic barnyard-,nanlirc 7ou BIZ
und buy MI you tre able to buy: but don. d
poyer!sh yourself. You viii get good aspat,ga
stlrrIng the soil. 1iicro Is All Immense fe.efyu
of fertilizers in tho air, which mellow sol nj
| drink In.
My nlothod of
pnErARlNG FOR MARKET
was this: Cut the asparagus aresr,-thsA
cut It aboee ground, nnl nos HRdtr tle enolA
THIS IL another reason Why 10 not plan. elssl
or tcn inches under grouua, as tho inlnntf d
| s01nr Ia,
White or bleaetcl asparagus, from be,rxss
under ground. fs not salable IN the Chkas1
| lnnrke., III ordinarily grown. Will, greet l.as
| aud apccial care 1t car be Hrowu white anlk
! tc,ldcr n,1tl good; but few Will rive 1t ihe ur
ni.l manure to succeed fn this. The call ttHs
for grae1I nspuragns. But the heads of latu
| parusus tllslst bo suEfd.
t4s asga1agas g ~ nni9tm Rnshs Il TO.
used tncaslru to mako the buArhes unta4
ntu tied with label cotton string onsitta
wide and eleven inches 1one) with thu Ruvtfi
name printed upon 1t, Us guarantee tut ts
art!rlo WAS honestly put up. l saw Ia ht my.
ket Yesterday tllat asparagus from VI
The shlpp!ng from this plantation. an p
formed, il ut ths time about 1o0 one.thlEd eass
OF 6Oxes per tny, aud commenced ten daIi ~
Tho !irst shipments brought 81 per bat. Id
terlay It sold for $3.50 per box; and ths prx
pact now Is, silat the prize will rapidly dron Y
tosl. l clain, that there is money iu + as ~
price. There Ia danger now, however, thsh VA
helow that. 50 that It may not prore pFpdslsA
after tlle early shipments.
: Chicago ltus the faculty OF drawing tfefF
thing to herself. 6ne naltes tie whola coaf
try, from California to New York, aud lFea
Canada to now Orleans, tributary y h.t;a .t.a