OUTER SPACE VEGETABLES

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July/August 1987
 
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Don't plant asparagus . . . yet . Wait until the new Greenwich cultivar is commercially available from Nourse Farms (Box 485 RFD, South Deerfield, ME 01373). Why? Trials show that Greenwich produces about twice the yield (and more large spears) of Mary Washington, the current standard.

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  • katrina 8/29/2007 7:16:45 AM

    i'd like to be your member

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