The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-03-28

The best plan for obtainin- early re-
suits is to secure one III ;wo year old
asparagus roots and he plant them in
rich soil and give good and clear cult
walton. The rows should be four feet
apart and the plants not less than two
feet apart in the row. If you want the
asparagus for your own use, do not set
the crowns more than four inches deep,
that is, have them covered with four
inches OF good rich soil when the bed is
leveiied off after planting. If the soil is
light and naturally well drained it need
not be plowed more than ten or twelve
inches for the reception of the plants,
adding little manure at the time, then
apply as much rs you please over the
crowns or on the surface of the bed. The
strength of the manure will be carried
down by the rains, as rapidly as it is
needed by the roots. 1t is waste of
manure to bury it deeply. even for
asparagus, although it is usually recon-
mended in preparing ground for this
vegetable. In selecting variety for cnl-
tivation you can scarcely go amlss, for all
the varieties offered in uurserymen's and
seedsmen's catalogues are one and the
same thing under different names If
you bury Conoyer's colossal you will find
some sprouts, as they appear above
ground, are of purplish color, Others
pale red, with an occasional one greenish
white, showing that there is no one dis.
tinct variety known under this name. If
you secure good, healthy roots, aud give
them good or extra care, you need not
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only obtained by what may be termed
giant cultivation. --Ne5o YORK Sul.
Squashes and Potatoes Together
have never grown these vegetables
together, and see no advantage in so
doing, unless it be the possible protec-
ton the potato vines might give the
squash as decoy to the squash bug and
spotted beetle. The il should be pre-
pared for the potatoes as carly as pos
sible, the rows marked out three feet
apart, and only the alternate rows
planted, leaving the Others for the
squash This would give squash vines
six feet one way, and they could be
planted three feet apart in the row, for
the bush varieties. Well rotted manure
of the best quality should be applied in
the hills for the squashes before or at
the time the potatoes were planted, the
SQUASH hills to remain until the con-
ditions of soil and weather were right
for planting the seed, which probably
would not be until the potatoes were
up. By the time the squash had
sprouted the potatoes would have good
start, and would protect the squash
plants from hard winds. The frequent
cultivation given the potatoes would
hasten the growth of the squash and
interfere wonderfully with the ravages
of the squash bug, as he is shy and runs
away at the first alarm. Precaution
should be taken against the fea beetle
by busting the young vines in the top
Of each hill of squashes with gypsum or
land plaster, into Zach bushel of which
a mint of turpentine has been thoroughly
stirred; then allow it to stand n few
DAYS, well covered, to retain all the
fumes. This acts as a preventive, not as
a remedy, and can also be used on the
cabbage and all plants liable to infec-
on from the flea beetle. To subdue the
enemies of the squash crop is the most
expensive and laborious part of its
culture. The POTATOES would be dug
before the squash vines were done grow
ing, or before the squashes were picked.
American 1grieilturis'.