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°' CIRCULAR No. 68
5      ASPARAGUS
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Prepared Under the Direction of
  N. R. ELLIOTT
By
2 F. J. SUTTON
 E FE11RL‘ARY. 1919
Puhlislied in connection witl1 the {l§l`l(‘ll]IllI`ill extension work car-
ried on by CO~0[)€l`f1KlOl'l of the College of Agriculture. University of
‘ Kentucky, with the U. S. Dcpzirtment of Agriculture. fllld distributed
 _ in furtherance of the work provfdcd for in the Act of Congress of
 1 May S, 1914.

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  iiw an a··aa alaa»aa~:aaaal tlazal \\`~ l'a·¤»aaa awaa an
{ flaw ;a··a·a·~ ¤·aa··la. 'l`la¤·~·· <·~llaaa:al··~ wl. <'l¤ll\lllll|lYlilll ;aa·a· <·¤»aa~¤·a‘-
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i 1laa·]a·»a»1al;aai¤»aa< law-·¤aaa·· aaa¤»a··· l';aaaiI1aaa· vriala 1lal~ \`Q'Q`|‘lElllll‘.
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_ if1la··5· aa·»il.laaaaalaalealigla1··a‘
’ T)‘1>¤‘ is ··¤»aasi·la·a·a~·l aaaaavla la<·a1¤·a·. Nzaaaaly soils xvearaaa up a·zaa·li¤·a·
iaa alaw saariaau aiaaav. wlaiwla aaawaaaas aaaa a·:aa·li··a· laaaawvsa. eaaaal zaa·a·
]ll1al`¢‘ a·;asil_v wa»a·laaaaal_v laazaaaa is ialwzal
Mar ll ·‘¤»laalal1aa·s za ]'l‘ilS< ull [lac >aa1I_ (laaaaml s:111111l :11 giwed ]11·nd11<515s
lolw mn;   mms ¢‘ll<¤\1!!il VW NVYYIFHI ¢1l1i‘ H<’1'<‘ wi ;:1‘<111111l. 1*01* th:1 ]1<1111(;
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Fslllmw   ;111l:»11\»1<·l`¢‘ |11‘:1<·¥i<·:1| 141 l>11y1|1·· 1·1»<1ts. but ff1l'1iI(' sm-
' _ . ting :,1 ;1s11;11·:1u11s 1»11 :1 1·<>1111111·1‘1·i:1l s<·:1l<· 1l1:·_v ('illl In- }I]'()\\'ll
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gm M.   ill 1l1·· 1‘:l1']}` s111·i11g‘ 11111 ill tI1¤· \\'21l'lll<‘1']1&11`IS(11‘Iil1* S1:111· ihvy
` T @:111 Iwo 1>l:11111·1l 111 1l11~ :111t1111111 with s:11'¤·1)‘. ,\s11:11‘:1u11s is ]1:11·-
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between the rows to throw a light furrow to the plants. This  
will not injure the heavy asparagus stalks and the small weeds  
will be eoinpletely stnothered. ln the fall, when the seed halls
are turning red, the stalks are mowed off to prevent the seat- .`
tering of seed and to destroy diseases and insects. This brush  .
is piled and later burned, when dry.  
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The first and seeond years after planting, no shoots shoiiltl i L
be used; even in the third season the harvest period should not . F1
` continue more than three weeks. It must be borne in niind  ‘ S
that the roots are gaining in strength and the plants woultl  l p
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in mind A shoots Sll]lL*l'lUI` to that of the white. In some plziees :1 com-
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