. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. ONION 1463 rain immediately after seeding will so pack the surface that the seedlings can not break through. Under such circum- stances it will be necessary to slightly break the surface by means of a steel rake or a rake-like attachment on a cul- tivator. As soon as the plants are up and the rows can be followed the culti- vator should be starte
. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. ONION 1463 rain immediately after seeding will so pack the surface that the seedlings can not break through. Under such circum- stances it will be necessary to slightly break the surface by means of a steel rake or a rake-like attachment on a cul- tivator. As soon as the plants are up and the rows can be followed the culti- vator should be started to loosen the soil, which is always more or less compacted during seeding. Hand Cultivation Where the rows are 14 inches or less apart, the work of caring for the crop must all be done by hand. For this pur- pose the wheel-hoe tools of various types are essential. These implements are pro- vided with several kinds of hoes, cutters, and sweeps designed to work the soil away from the plants, to shave the sur- face and destroy weeds, and to stir the. Fig. 2. Hish-Wheel Type of Hoe (Patented). soil and work it back around the plants. Onions grown on muck and alluvial soils will require from eight to 14 workings with the wheel-hoe implements; on shady soils it will not be necessary to cultivate so frequently. Several types of wheel hoe are in use, but those having a single wheel and passing between the rows are most de- sirable. Many growers have designed spe- cial implements to suit the requirements of their soils; two of thece are shown in Fig. 1, the one designed to cut the soil away from the row and the other to stir and work the soil back to the row. Horse Cultivation In sections where onions are grown on a soil that is not well adapted to hand culture the rows are placed 30 to 36 inches apart and the cultivation is per- formed by means of horse-drawn tools. This is particularly true where onions are grown on the "black waxy" soils of Texas and other soils of the pr
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