. Descriptive catalogue : Wood's high grade seeds and guide for the farm & garden. Nursery stock Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 24 T. W. WOOD & SONS, Richmond, Va. We strongly advise our customers to give more attention to the planting of onions, as they are proving a very profitable and satisfactory crop, both for sale in our home markets and for shipping. Onions must be planted on clean, rich soil for best results. Culture.—Large Onions from Seed.— To grow large
. Descriptive catalogue : Wood's high grade seeds and guide for the farm & garden. Nursery stock Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 24 T. W. WOOD & SONS, Richmond, Va. We strongly advise our customers to give more attention to the planting of onions, as they are proving a very profitable and satisfactory crop, both for sale in our home markets and for shipping. Onions must be planted on clean, rich soil for best results. Culture.—Large Onions from Seed.— To grow large onions from seed the first year, sow in January or February in hot-beds or trays. As soon as th^ weather opeus and the sets are the 6ize of a goose quill, transplant to rows twelve inches apart and four to six inches between the onions. Transplanting is of decided benefit to onions, mak- ing them grow larger and increasing the yield considerably, in some instances doublp tLe yields being reported over those not transplanted. Tbey can also be sown in the open ground in February or March, at the rate of five or six pounds to the acre, in drills twelve inches apart, thinning out afterwards to three or four inches apart in the drilL The Italian, Spanish and Bermuda varieties can also be sown in August or in September, and transplanted about the end of October or early in November. Ihey succeed and do very well indeed in this way. Growing Onion Sets from Seel— To grow onion sets the seed should be sown in broad, wide rows, at the rate of forty to fifty pounds per acre, and kept clean of weeds. In late summer, or whenever the tops die, remove the small bulbs, buttons or sets to a dry place, spreading toem out thinly on trays made of laths, piling one on top of another, separated by blocks, so that the air can circulate freely be- between them. The larger sized sets should be sold for pickling, and only the smallest sets retained for plant- ing. Bermuda Onion. Genuine Teneriffe-
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