. 1900 catalogue of reliable garden and agricultural seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 10 QUAKER CITY SEEDS WILL PLEASE YOU I TELL YOUR BROTHER ONIONS QVAKBR CITY RELIABLE ONION SEED iBastem Grown). HOW TO RAISE THEM FOR PROFIT THE SOIL.—We prefer a rich, sandy loam, wityi a light mix- ture of clay. This is much better if it has been cultivated witli hoed crops, kept clean of weeds and well manured for two years previous. MANURING.—There is no crop where a liberal use of manure is more essential than in this. It
. 1900 catalogue of reliable garden and agricultural seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 10 QUAKER CITY SEEDS WILL PLEASE YOU I TELL YOUR BROTHER ONIONS QVAKBR CITY RELIABLE ONION SEED iBastem Grown). HOW TO RAISE THEM FOR PROFIT THE SOIL.—We prefer a rich, sandy loam, wityi a light mix- ture of clay. This is much better if it has been cultivated witli hoed crops, kept clean of weeds and well manured for two years previous. MANURING.—There is no crop where a liberal use of manure is more essential than in this. It should be of the best quality, well fermented and shoveled over, at least twice during the previous summer to kill weed seeds. Of the commercial manures, any of the high grade complete ! are good for ordinary soils, but very rich soils are often benefited by fine ground bone, and n)ucky ones by a liberal dressing of wood ashes. PREPARATION.—Remove all refuse of previous crops in time to complete the work before the ground freezes up, and spread the composted manure at the rate of about 50 cart loads to the acre. This should first be cultivated in and then ploughed, in order to thoroughly mix the manure witii the soil. Cultivate the soil with a heavy harrow as eurJy in the spring as it can be worked, and then, in the opposite direction, witli a light one, after which the entire surface should be raked with hand rakes. 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. Sow the desired quantity of seed about ^ inch deep. Thin seeding gives much larger onions than thick. Four or five pounds per acre is the usual quantity needed to grow large onions. An ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. The ground should be well rolled immediately after the seed is planted. CULTIVATION.—Give the onions the first hoeing, just skim- ming the ground between the rows, as soon as they can be .seen the length of t
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