1Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 1 April 1798 (Adams Papers)
your Asparagus Beds are fork’d & Lettece Sown we have had a warm week but it was preceeded by two violent Storms of rain a little Snow & some hail
2Cotton Tufts to Abigail Adams, 9 April 1800 (Adams Papers)
I have spoke to Stetson to take the Charge of the Asparagus & Strawberry Beds— it will perhaps be best to engage
3Cotton Tufts to John Adams, 20 May 1800 (Adams Papers)
Stetson has attended to the asparagus & Strawberry Beds, but finding there was no Dependance upon him, have engaged Will
4From Thomas Jefferson to Mary Jefferson Eppes, 13 April 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
& is in good forwardness with it. I have provided the place with corn till harvest. our spring has been remarkeably backward. I presume we shall have asparagus tomorrow for the first time. the Peach trees blossomed about a week ago, the cherries are just now (this day) blossoming.—I suppose you have heard before that
5From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, 23 March [1797] (Jefferson Papers)
I arrived at home on the 20th. inst. and found the cherry and peach trees in general blossom. They had begun about a week before that. This day our first dishes of asparagus and spinach came to table. This may enable you to compare climates. The price of wheat at Philadelphia and Baltimore was 2.13 D. at Alexandria and Dumfries 1.67 at Fredericksburg 1.16. The merchants of Philadelphia...
6Memorandum Books, 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
Asparagus come to table.