. How to make the garden pay [microform]. Gardening. Wethersfield. Cultural Directions.—225 I cannot lay too much stress on the great importance of timely action m every stage of the proceeding. Hew Says' rit ^^ .^^^^^^^^"\^r weeding may increasi the amln^of abor required to such an extent as to double the cost of crop at the same time greatly reducing the yield. ^' Harvesting -When the bulbs have reached their full size and maturity, as indicated by the dying down of the tops the crop is ready to be harvested. ^ ' Pull the onions by hand, or rake them out by means of a dull
. How to make the garden pay [microform]. Gardening. Wethersfield. Cultural Directions.—225 I cannot lay too much stress on the great importance of timely action m every stage of the proceeding. Hew Says' rit ^^ .^^^^^^^^"\^r weeding may increasi the amln^of abor required to such an extent as to double the cost of crop at the same time greatly reducing the yield. ^' Harvesting -When the bulbs have reached their full size and maturity, as indicated by the dying down of the tops the crop is ready to be harvested. ^ ' Pull the onions by hand, or rake them out by means of a dull steel rake; taking great care to avoid cutting into them; then leave in windrows on the ground to cure. Afterwards twist or cut off the remnants of tops and roots, if there be such, and try to sell the crop immediately 1. .. the field. If this cannot be done, store in a rather thin layer on a ^ dry floor or loft, until they can ^2 he disposed of. I would not advise the novice to attempt wintering even a part of the crop, as this is a task which involves risk even for the more experienced. Onions IN the Kitchen Garden.—For home use we want variety at all times, consequently we should plant a few sets to give us an early supply of bunch onions. This we do in the way already described for market growing, setting them in a row or two ainong our regular patch of closely-planted vegetables. We also desire onions for late use, and so we must also sow seed of various varieties, a row or so of each. Here the general rules given for culture in the farm garden should be closely fol- lowed. The thinning can be done gradually, and the young plants thus pulled out of the rows will supply the kitchen with onion material and onion flavor duringr the larger part of summer, and until the bulbs mature. For convenience and uni- formity s sake we allow the same space between rows as adopted .on .*^^,^*^^' ^"^,^" st^ff"^ IS inches being the usual and most convenient distance betwe
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