. Barnard's seeds, bulbs, shrubs 1918. Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs. ZWIBEL, Ger. ONION SEED OGNON, Pr. We pride ouselves in supplying the VERY BEST ONION SEEDS that can be produced Any article which is used in quantities proportionately large becomes an article of sharp com- petition, and this business rivalry naturally leads to strife to produce the commodity at lowest possible price. This in many things, is legitimate and desirable, but emphatically NOT so in Onion Seed. Nevertheless, the effort to
. Barnard's seeds, bulbs, shrubs 1918. Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs. ZWIBEL, Ger. ONION SEED OGNON, Pr. We pride ouselves in supplying the VERY BEST ONION SEEDS that can be produced Any article which is used in quantities proportionately large becomes an article of sharp com- petition, and this business rivalry naturally leads to strife to produce the commodity at lowest possible price. This in many things, is legitimate and desirable, but emphatically NOT so in Onion Seed. Nevertheless, the effort to offer Onion Seed at low prices has a tendency to make the grower less careful in its production, the result being seeds not of the high quality appreciated by experienced planters. SOWING THE SEED. This should be done as soon as the ground can be made ready and can be done best by a hand seed drill. This should be carefully adjusted to sow the desired quantity of seed about one-half inch deep. The quantity needed will vary with the soil, the seed used and the kind of onions desired. Thin seeding gives much larger onions than thick seeding. Four or five pounds per acre is the usual quantity needed to grow onions. We prefer a drill that sows a very close row. CULTIVATION. As soon as the young plants can be seen in the rows give a shallow work- ing either with rake or some other tool that pulverizes well the whole top soil. Many onion growers consider about one inch apart as a perfect stand, thin out to 3 or 4 inches apart if large onions are wanted. Work the crop again in a few days with a hoe or tool that Cuts the ground over, this time as closely as is possible to the row without injury to the young plants; follow as quickly as possible with a thorough hand weeding keeping in mind that a very small weed today is a large one next week. The ground should be cultivated once a week if possible and any remaining weeds _ pulled out by hand every two weeks. For best results these ope
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