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Yes manure well and plow in the fall
and set plants in the spring
Asparagus runs out in from ten to
twenty years. Captain Webster a visitor
said his father plants a bed when
the previous one is four years old
A bed at Experiment-station was cut
one year after planting 2 yr old roots

3 Is it time to begin watering celery? Yes

4 In taking a piece of poor land into
cultivation, what crop should be
planted to enrich? Put in rye this fall
if you can plow it, lime it and
fertilize, or put in peas in the spring

The peach tree which has borne
for thirty years was shown and
peaches "sampled". They are free stone
It is a seedling; this fact and the
very large and handsome peaches from
Rockspring, which are seedlings
answers the question, "do we ever ger
good peaches from seedlings?"

Our president called attention to the
great improvement in our gardens
as shown by the fine display of
fruits and vegetable and flowers.