Show perennial crops in ev every dry garden common vegetables once little added care every garden should have it a portion on of it devoted to perennial veren nial crops such euch as asparagus horseradish horse radish rhubarb strawberries raspberries rasp berries etc these crops should be placed on one side aide of the garden where they wilt will not interfere with the culture of tho the annual vegetable it after such crops are properly established little labor la Is required to keep the going yet by far the larger share of our gardens laft lack perennial crops increase tho the delicacies on your table by planting these brod S 0 alpar asparagus igue tills this vegetable deserves serves a place in your our garden A row 70 75 to feet long jung will supply your sour table with all the asparagus ce you want it is iii not hard to grow ii if properly properio pio perly started asparagus requires a deep rich moist soil boll dig a trench 8 to 10 inches deep and about 1 foot wide tit at one side of the gaidon gat den for each foot of trench mix inix a of well rotted rot ted manure with tho the loose loosa dirt in tile the bottom ot of the iho trench spread the aspera asparagus gus roots out on tills this mixture spacing them thein 15 to 18 inches apart in the row the a mali email fibrous florou s roots should shadid be spread out horizontally an and when properly planted resemble the spokes of a wheel laying flat on the ground the crown of the plant would ye comparable par able to the hub bub of the wheel cover the crowns croons with 2 or S 3 inches indies of dk dirt As growth proceeds during thet summer the trench sho should uld gradually be filled 1 I led until level with the surface of the he ground A bed pro properly berlyl established ed should dInst last 10 to 20 years cettl cutting ni should not be practiced the first year one year old root sare best for planting rhubarb the soil result requirements cements for rhubarb b are practically the tha same as those listed for asparagus no drenching trenching tren ching is required well rotted manure should be mixed alth the sol soil and the crowns should phoud be set level with the of the ground set the roots 3 feet fee t apart in the row fifteen to twenty hills will be for the average a ge family hor horseradish Horse radish the plant Is worthy of wider cul Uv atlon it la Is not found found in one gair garden out of a hundred yet it Is very ery a easily grown it requires a deeps deep rich soil and given this care Is required for it to flourish root 0 0 t cuttings may be purchased from any ny fiesman s ordinarily such cuttz cuttings 1 haye anye atie eddicus end cut talan to an tingle and should be planted with the slant scant ed end down otherwise the roots foots will te be poorly shaped rons shout should abdil bo 8 feet apart und and the roots should be planted 12 inches apart la in the row ten teli to fifteen roots are sufficient for the average family |