1From Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, [25 March? 1756] (Franklin Papers)
...on the Trees as big as Kidney Beans, and Asparagus on the Tables they say they have had these...
2From Benjamin Franklin to the Royal Academy of Brussels, [after 19 May 1780] (Franklin Papers)
..., that of our Water. A few Stems of Asparagus eaten, shall give our Urine a disagreable Odour;...