Seed Annual 1881 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Seed Annual, 1900 It produces shoots which are white and remain so as long as fit for use and from 80 to 90 per cent. Of the plants come true from seed. This grand result has not come by chance, but is the legitimate outcome of years of patient work and careful selection by the originator, extending over eight generations from the original plant. Some fourteen years ago a single plant having white shoots was found growing in a large Asparagus grower's field of Conover's Colossal. As the plant happened to be seed bearing, seeds were saved and sown by them selves. A small percentage of the plants came true and these were planted by them selves and seed from them saved. This process was repeated until now fully 80 to 90 per cent. Of the plants produced from the seed we offer will be white. The small percentage of green plants that show in a lot of seedlings may be removed as fast as they appear, thus insuring a bed containing white plants only. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.