Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 277, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 March 1923 — Page 13

FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1923

Asparagus and Rhubarb Culture

■ BY W. R. BEATTIE Extension Horticulturist, United P States Department of Agriculture. . GARDEN vegetabU s for the most part have to be planted every year. Asparagus and rhubarb, however, lead the list of the more or less permanent vegetables and are deserving of a place in small gardens wherever soil and climate are suitable. The planting of these crops is but the first step. They must have proper fertilization, cultivation and care at all times.

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Asparagus stores energy in its fleshy roots during the summer and is one of the first plants to grow in the spring. Its tender shoots are a real delicacy early in spring. Asparagus may be grown practically everywhere in the United States, but especially along the sea coast and where the rainfall is reasonably heavy.' Im, artant in starting an asparagus bed is to get good, strong, oneyear plants or “crowns” as they are called. A bed of asparagus twelve by twelve feet In size containing about fifty plants set eighteen Inches apart

in each direction is about right for the small garden. Before setting the plants, which may be done either in the spring or the fall, the ground should be trenched by throwing the surface soil to one side then spading | three or four inches of manure into the bottom layer so the soil will be I worked and fertilized to a depth of ! twelve or foui’teen inches. About I eight to ten pounds of coarse bone meal should also be sprinkled over the lower strata of soil and worked j into it with the manure, j A little of the surface soil is

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spread over the manured subsoil and the crowns placed in position. About half or two-thirds of the remaining surface soil is then shoveled over the crowns, taking care to see that their roots are spread evenly in all directions. The remaining soil is piled to one side and later filled in after the plants have started to grow. No cutting should be made from the asparagus bed until the third year in order to give the plants a chance to become well established. After the third year the bed may be cut for a period of about six or eight w r eeks. After the cutting period is over the plants should be fertilized with good manure and commercial fertilizers. During the summer the plants are frequently stripped by the little asparagus beetles or more particularly

by the small dark colored slugs that later develop into the beetles. These slugs can be ]>4Boned by spraying or dusting; the plants with arsenate of lead or with parts green. Rhubarb is not so w r ell adapted to growing everywhere as it requires hard freezing during the winter to make it healthy and vigorous. Like asparagus, however, rhubarb stores | energy In its roots all through the summer, then with the first signs of spring it makes one grand appearance in the form of tender leaf stems. Rhubarb is started by planting pieces of root having at least one good bud or eye. Five or six hills produce enough for the average family, but the hill soon become too thick and require dividing. It is a good plan to | have a few new hills coming on as

no leaves should be pulled the first year. In some sections rhubarb will give splendid yields for fifteen to twenty years, but os a rule seven or eight years is about the limit without resetting. TOMORROW: Ilow you can grow strawberries in your home garden. Find Romance Relics CHINNOR, England, March 30. A vase, a silver plate and several articles of jewelry, supposedly dating from the period of Roman occupancy of Britain, have been found on the estate of Major William Gordon Ross here.

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