Assertion: asparagus's spear | /r/HasProperty | picked
Facets:
value: early in the season
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Every spear is hand-picked just as the tip begins to show through the surface of the soil.
text: Early in the season, spears may be picked every 4 days or so, and later as the average temperature warms up, they may have to be picked every day!
text: Most asparagus do best when only a few spears are picked the second year -- they produce their first full "harvestable" crop the third year.