. Weckesser's annual catalogue 1896 : seeds, plants, Nursery stock New York (State) Niagara Falls Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nursery stock; Fruit; Vegetables; Flowers; Gardening. 30 SEEDS AND PLANTS. ONIONS. The ground for onions should be plowed in the fall and heavily manured if possible, getting the seed in very early in the spring, Prizetaker. We recimmead sowing the seed of this variet> in hot-beds or cold frames and transplanting when aboitf, the size of slate pencils, to the open ground, abou
. Weckesser's annual catalogue 1896 : seeds, plants, Nursery stock New York (State) Niagara Falls Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nursery stock; Fruit; Vegetables; Flowers; Gardening. 30 SEEDS AND PLANTS. ONIONS. The ground for onions should be plowed in the fall and heavily manured if possible, getting the seed in very early in the spring, Prizetaker. We recimmead sowing the seed of this variet> in hot-beds or cold frames and transplanting when aboitf, the size of slate pencils, to the open ground, about 4 inches apart in the row, and the rows about a foot apart. In this way an immense crop can be grown. The expense is little more than by sowing the seed in the open ground, as hand weeding and thinning is saved, and they will yield as high as 2000 bushels to the acre. If the ground is rich taker, and is used principally to bunch when the size of,an egg or larger, and coming into mar- ket so early it brings a high price. It is re- ported to do well if sown in the open ground in August, in which way it makes good strong plants that seem to be able to stand the winter all right. Setts of it can also be planted in Sep- tember or October, In any of these ways it is a profitable onion, American grown seed, Pkt. 5c. oz. 30c; lb. 33,50. Imported, oz. 20c; lb. $ Danver's Yellow Globe.—This is the best variety for general crop in the open ground-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Weckesser, Christian; Niagara Seed & Plant Farm; Christian Weckesser (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Niagara Falls, N. Y. : Christian Weckesser
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