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Old and New London
… (now Pye Gardens), where pike were bred in ponds; the Asparagus Garden, and Pimlico Garden. The last-named was a …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the following description: Devilish good run; but the asparagus beds went awfully heavy and the grass all through …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… crop in the 1930s: in 1935, for example, 21 a. of asparagus and 105 a. of celery were grown. 31Others turned to …
A History of the County of Essex
… with potatoes and 150 a. with cabbages. 38 Turnips, asparagus, onions, apples, plums, currants, and walnuts were …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… mangoes, caviar, parmesan cheese, oysters, truffles, asparagus and ketchup') and, after the abolition of the …
Old and New London
… eyes like basilisks, and faces lined and surfaced like an asparagus bed ere the plants come up, be ever and anon …
Old and New London
… ate heartily of boiled beef, with some roasted pigeons and asparagus, he drank his pint of port, and on the coming in of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a variety of market produce flourish, including fields of asparagus, a specialty in the district. Fishing for shrimps …
Old and New London
… hedges of gooseberries, within which are roses, beans, and asparagus;" from which it may be inferred that in the early …
Old and New London
… here were long noted for producing the earliest and best asparagus in the neighbourhood of London. Indeed, that this …