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ASPARAGUS

ITS CULTURE FOR HOMEUSE AND FOR MARKET

A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THEPLANTING, CULTIVATION, HARVESTING,MARKETING, AND PRESERVINGOF ASPARAGUS, WITHNOTES ON ITS HISTORY ANDBOTANY

BY

F. M. HEXAMER

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY
1914

Printed in U. S. A.

BEGINNING OF THE ASPARAGUS INDUSTRY IN CALIFORNIA

[Pg iii]

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE
Prefacevi
I. Historical Sketch 1
II. Botany 4
III. Cultural Varieties 17
IV. Seed Growing 26
V. The Raising of Plants 30
VI. Selection of Plants 38
VII. The Soil and Its Preparation 43
VIII. Planting 49
IX. Cultivation 61
X. Fertilizers and Fertilizing 72
XI. Harvesting and Marketing 83
XII. Forcing 100
XIII. Preserving Asparagus 112
XIV. Injurious Insects 126
XV. Fungus Diseases 137
XVI. Asparagus Culture in Different Localities 145
Index ...

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