Steckler's seed catalogue and garden manual for the southern states : 1902 . , and require no rota-tion as other crops. When the plants have reached the size ofa goose quill, they are transplanted intorows which can be from one to two feetapart, according to the mode of cultivation,and about five or six inches apart in therows. The ground should be thoroughlyprepared before setting out the plants. Wegenerally shorten the tops and roots. In April the Onion will be ready to be taken>up. In sections where it is too cold to sowOnion seed in the fall, the Creole seed canbe sown in January and Fe
Steckler's seed catalogue and garden manual for the southern states : 1902 . , and require no rota-tion as other crops. When the plants have reached the size ofa goose quill, they are transplanted intorows which can be from one to two feetapart, according to the mode of cultivation,and about five or six inches apart in therows. The ground should be thoroughlyprepared before setting out the plants. Wegenerally shorten the tops and roots. In April the Onion will be ready to be taken>up. In sections where it is too cold to sowOnion seed in the fall, the Creole seed canbe sown in January and February; in thatcase they should be sown very thinly in*drills, thinned out to a proper stand, and bythe end of spring they will produce a goodsized Onion. Growers here use very little,if any fertilizers, but it can be used withadvantage. For spring sowing we recom-mend the Bermuda seed. The seed of the Creole Onion, which weoffer, is grown for us by an experiencedOnion grower at Lafourche. No betterstock can be found. We do not dependupon chance purchases; very often seed. ? , |filii»W v V; :>- bBs^- lP§Sif^ hNSSI *mi liraSfi HAND CORN PLANTERS, AXI< GOOD ONES. GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 69 eraised from shot up Onionsare sold very low, but will notproduce good merchantableOnions, having a tendency to seed again before thebulb is matured. Most garden-ers here know all about thecultivation of the Creole Onion;these remarks, therefore, aremade for those who live in ad-joining States where the Creole•Onion can be successfully cul-tivated—more so in Texas, Mis-sissippi and Florida. The de-mand for Creole Onion seedfrom these sections increasesevery year, especially fromTerras. danvers Yellow Globe. An excel-lent variety North, where thousands ofbarrels are annually grown for home con-sumption and for shipping to Southernmarkets at the time when our Creole Onionsare consumed aud new crops not expectedbefore several months after. In the southernparts of L
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