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Freeport Gardening Guide: Asparagus

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Asparagus

Asparagus, Mary Washington:

Description: Asparagus is a perennial vegetable, so you just plant them once and enjoy season after season of succulent spears. Expect light cuttings in 2 years and a regular crop thereafter. This heirloom asparagus has wonderfully delicious taste. Long after harvest, the graceful, feathery green foliage is still attractive. Zones 3-8.

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Asparagus, Millennium:

Description: Enjoy succulent spears that grow back each year. Proven to out-yield other varieties! Hardy, well-adapted plants do well even in heavier soils. 'Millennium' asparagus is flavorful, tender and delicious any way you prepare it. Perennial in zones 3-8.

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Asparagus, Purple Passion:

Description: We are passionate about this asparagus florid purple color, love-me-tenderness and delectable mild flavor. The surprising color merits a starring role in hors doeuvres and salads. When cooked, the purple color is muted, but the nutty mild flavor lives on. Though Passions yields are smaller, the toothsome purple spears will make you an instant fan.

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Asparagus, Jersey Supreme Hybrid:

Description: Can’t wait for homegrown asparagus? Here’s the very first asparagus of the season. Cold spring? No problem. Good weather or bad, depend on Jersey Supreme to furnish a bumper crop of uniform, mild, tenderly delicious spears that you can eat fresh or freeze for future use. The hardy 4 plants thrive in light to medium soils and adapt nicely to different climates. Zones 3-8.

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Asparagus, Jersey Knight:

Description: A prodigious producer, this hardy variety offers up a bounty of large, tender, especially delicious spears. It is remarkably disease-resistant and thrives in pretty much any soil type, even heavy clay. U.S. Plant Patent #06,624. Zones 3-8.

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