Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Crown-Grading Experiments With Asparagus
Growers of asparagus have often debated the value of sorting the crowns according to size and planting only the larger ones. Although the results of previous experimental work have been rather meager, those reported seem to indicate that crown selection is beneficial.
Myers4 in Pennsylvania conducted crown-grading experiments with the varieties Palmetto and Argenteuil. In the spring of 1908, one-year old crowns were divided into three size grades and planted. The plots were cut for the first time in 1910. Apparently there was no significant difference in yield between the no. 1 (or large) size and the no. 2 crowns. In no case, however, did the no. 3 (or small) crowns produce so much as the other two grades, even after six years.
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