Among Frankfurt's residents, the tower is colloquially known as the "Ginnemer Spaschel" (dialect of Frankfurt for "The Ginnheimer Asparagus", or "Ginnheimer Spargel" in standard German), even though it is located in the Bockenheim district rather than close-by Ginnheim.
The Phipps family raised grain, vegetables, and flowers, and Edwin earned the title "Asparagus King of Hennepin County" for the vegetables he sold at a stand on nearby U.S. Route 212 (Flying Cloud Drive).
In response, Senator Mikulski said, "Calling 1992 the Year of the Woman makes it sound like the Year of the Caribou or the Year of the Asparagus. We're not a fad, a fancy, or a year."
Bibio marci larvae are known to be root damage pests of celery, asparagus, roses, saxifrages, lawn grass, lettuce and Polyanthus.
Edith Hahn took on the identity of Christa Denner, went to Munich and survived the war in Germany working there as a forced labourer of the Plantage Mertens asparagus farm in Osterburg and the Bestehorn company in Aschersleben until she was able to marry a German and settle in Brandenburg an der Havel.
They were separated in April 1941, when Hahn was sent to an asparagus plantation in Osterburg, Germany and then to the Bestehorn box factory in Aschersleben.
Edward VII's 1902 coronation banquet included sole poached in Chablis garnished with oysters and prawns, a quail and a third of "a very plump" roasting chicken (per person), asparagus with Hollandaise, roast beef, snipe cutlets, a soufflé Parmesan, and a strawberry dessert that took three days to assemble.
The main source of income is the asparagus culture and its commercialisation under the Geographical Indication Esparragos de Huétor-Tájar.
It is sometimes accompanied by other plant species of the same size and climber plants such as asparagus or zarzaparrilla.