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Botany
American Varieties
Pot-grown Asparagus Plants
Manner Of Planting
Historical Sketch
European Varieties
Ornamental Species
Care During The Second Year
The Soil And Its Preparation
Variety Tests

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Recognition Of The Rust
Asparagus Leopard Spot
The Twelve-spotted Asparagus Beetle
The Asparagus Miner
Forcing
Forcing In Hotbeds And Frames
Asparagus In France
Asparagus In New Jersey
Asparagus In The South
Fungus Diseases

Harvesting And Marketing

The chief labor in asparagus culture is the cutting and bunching. As it is of the greatest importance that the work be done promptly and expeditiously, it is desirable to have more help than is wanted merely for the asparagus, and then, when the asparagus is ready for market, they can go to hoeing and tilling other crops. Five acres in full bearing will require from six to eight men from four to six hours per day to do the cutting and three or four to do the bunching. A successful farmer in western New York, who has four acres of asparagus, employs eight or ten boys and girls, for from three to six hours per day, to do the cutting and three women to bunch it. The women are paid by the bunch, and work five to ten hours per day. Piecework, if properly done, is nearly always cheaper than day work, and is better for the employes and the employer.

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