EXCERPT: Asparagus being a hardy perennial plant, that may be grown on the same ground for twenty years without re­newal, special care is required in forming the beds in which it is to grow.

The Field and Garden Vegetables of America:

Containing full descriptions of nearly eleven hundred species and varieties; with directions for propagation, culture, and use; illustrated.

by Fearing Burr, Jr.

Boston: J. E. Tilton and Company.

1865

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863 by Fearing Burr, Jr., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.