Asparagus Combo Special Thicker Than a Man's Thumb—and Longer Than an Ear of Corn! Male asparagus grows top quality flavorful spears, thick and succulent. Female has thin, seed-bearing stems. Jersey Giant is a hybrid with all male stems, and 4 times the yield, so you harvest more top quality spears like these. Male Hybrid Asparagus never goes to seed…puts all its energy into growingcolossal succulent spears. Farmers in Amish communities and parts of Holland have a trick for growing extra-large spears of asparagus to fetch top prices. They go down their rows and remove all the female plants (those that produce red berries) leaving only males. Male plants never go to seed, putting all their energy into producing fat, succulent spears. Now plant scientists have taken this idea one step further, producing a variety of asparagus called Jersey Giant, that grows only males. And they made it a hybrid, to increase productivity even more. Each plant yields up to 4 times more spears than older varieties Now you can be one of the first to grow these succulent Jersey Giants, from healthy one year old roots that sprout soon after you cover them with soil. They're disease-resistant, hardy in subzero weather, and thrive in almost any soil (even salty or alkaline) with no special care. You'll get yields 3 to 4 times more than regular asparagus…with many stalks thicker than a man's thumb. Plant Spring or Fall Remember, these Jersey Giants can yield up to four times what the old varieties did. So where before you needed 100 plants to feed a family of four, you may need only 25 Jersey Giants. Supplies are limited to this year's stock, so be sure to order today Sorry, we cannot ship asparagus plants to Arizona