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Show DEVEOLPS A SUPERIOR ASPARAGUS. A new strain of asparagus that Is larger, more uniform, and more productive pro-ductive than the old varieties and in addition is highly disease resistant, has been developed through ten years of work by J. B. Norton, a plant breeder in the bureau of plant industry, indus-try, who introduced, tested, and hybridized hy-bridized asparagus from all parts of the world. Introduction of the new strain Is expected eventually te stamp out the "rust," a destructive disease that swept over the country! a few years ago. Commercial quantities quan-tities of the new type recently sold In Washington, D. C, for more than double the price of other asparagus. |