Archive image from page 113 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofame03bail Year: 1906 1138 ONION not as good a keeper, but altogether one of the best Onions which the home grower, as well as the market- gardener who can sell his crop before late fall and at good prices, could produce. Start the plants unde
Archive image from page 113 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofame03bail Year: 1906 1138 ONION not as good a keeper, but altogether one of the best Onions which the home grower, as well as the market- gardener who can sell his crop before late fall and at good prices, could produce. Start the plants under glass (preferably in green- house) during Januarv or February, sowing seed rather 1 J-J â ''/'' bed Keep tlir |il;ui outdoors cull seedlings in r inches apart necessary, bui also grow a pi this way. For 1534. Onion in flower. and a half or two inches apart, I â¢mice of seed to ten square feet of lil should be sandy and very rich. ' id 'rowth, and as soon as the patch |.. riv iu-('v:ired in spring, set the :' '1 â â I 1 apart, and from 3 to 4 1 111 hand-weeding will be â iiild be used freely. We i L â 111 -11 or bunching Onions in purpose the plants are set more closely in the rows, say not over 2 inches apart. Seed of the Prizetaker is mostly grown in the United States, while that of the Gibraltar is as yet all imported. T. Greiner. Commercial Onion Cultcre in the North.â Soil.âThe soil should be a rich, moist, but not wet, loam with a subsoil of clay, or close compact sandy loam, not coarse grav. 1, a- tlint 1. is the water leach out too quickly. Onions will siainl a lariie amount of fertiliza- tion, and there is littl, ihrnu'' i 'f getting the soil too rich. Soil that has iiiidrr â â ultivation for three or four years at least is much better than new land. The ten- dency of the latter is to produce too much top-growth and improperly ripened bulbs. To prepare the soil, plow 10 or 12 inches deep, if the soil is of sufficient depth, or do
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