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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 CALIFORNIATABLE OF CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preface | vi | |
| 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 | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |