Asparagus Production
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Asparagus Production

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Asparagus Production

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This volume deals with the production of asparagus, offering the reader historical details before exploring every aspect from planting to cropping and beyond. Comprehensive and profusely-illustrated, "Asparagus Production" contains a wealth of information for farmers or home-growers alike. Contents include: "Origin And Development", "Asparagus As A Crop Plant", "Climate, Soil And Soil", "Preparation", "Growing And Handling Of", "Asparagus Crowns", "Planting Asparagus Crowns", "Manures And Fertilizers", "Caring For The Established", "Plantation", "Diseases And Insects", "Varieties And Improvement", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on agriculture and agronomy.

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Publisher
Read Books Ltd.
ISBN
9781473389984
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Horticulture
Index
Biological Sciences

INDEX

Acreage, 18
Agromyza simplex, 87
Asparagus beetles, 83, 86
Asparagus miner, 87
Asparagus officinalis, 11
Asparagus plumosus, 11
Asparagus rust, 80
Asparagus sprengeri, 11
Beetles, 83, 86
Blanching, 72
Breeding, 94
Bunching, 103
Bunchers, 104
Calcium cyanamid, 69
Canning, acreage for, 19
Centipede, 88
Change after cutting, 115
Climate, 24
Commercial importance, 18
Composition, 115
Crates, 104, 108
Crioceris asparagi, 83
Crioceris duodecimpunctata, 86
Crowns, 31
Crowns, digging of, 39, 40
Crowns, grading of, 41
Crowns, planting of, 46
Crowns, storing of, 41
Cultivation, 37, 67
Cutting asparagus, 97
Cutworms, 89
Cyanamid, 62, 70
Depth of planting, 48
Digging crowns, 39
Direction of rows, 50
Diseases, 80
Distance of planting, 46
Female plants, 38, 39
Fertilizer, 34, 54
Fertilizer, experiments, 58
Fertilizer, recommendations, 61
Flowers, 16
Fruit, 16
Garden centipede, 88
Gathering, 100
Grading, 41, 102
Green vs. white, 112
Harvesting, 97
Hauling, 100
History, 11
Home Garden, 21, 22
Importance, 18
Improvement, 91, 93
Insects, 80
Intercropping, 7...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Illustration
  5. Preface
  6. I. Origin and Development
  7. II. Asparagus as a Crop Plant
  8. III. Climate, Soil and Soil Preparation
  9. IV. Growing and Handling Asparagus Crowns
  10. V. Planting Asparagus Crowns
  11. VI. Manures and Fertilizers
  12. VII. Caring for the Asparagus Plantation
  13. VIII. Diseases and Insects
  14. IX. Varieties and Improvement
  15. X. Preparation of Asparagus for Sale
  16. References
  17. Index