. Biggle garden book; vegetables, small fruits and flowers for pleasure and profit. Gardening; Vegetable gardening. Chapter VTI THE ONION. A certain amount of Zi'ork in. the gai den is good for man—and also good for onions.—Harriet. NIONS like level, rich, black, moist land in perfect condition and with sufficient humus; how- ever, any good soil will do; do not plant on rough, poor soil, nor on recently-turned sod. The crop is obtained, in two ways— from seed and from "sets"; the result being either early "bunch" onions, or "picklers," or large onions, or sets for
. Biggle garden book; vegetables, small fruits and flowers for pleasure and profit. Gardening; Vegetable gardening. Chapter VTI THE ONION. A certain amount of Zi'ork in. the gai den is good for man—and also good for onions.—Harriet. NIONS like level, rich, black, moist land in perfect condition and with sufficient humus; how- ever, any good soil will do; do not plant on rough, poor soil, nor on recently-turned sod. The crop is obtained, in two ways— from seed and from "sets"; the result being either early "bunch" onions, or "picklers," or large onions, or sets for future planting, or seed to sell— according to how the crop is managed. Nitrate of soda is particularly valuable in grow- ing onions, says the writer of Farmers' Bulletin No. 39. One hundred pounds of nitrate per acre worked in before planting, and two or three dress- ings of about fifty pounds each during the season, will facilitate rapid growth and increase the yield if there is enough potash and phosphoric acid already in the soil. When onions are raised from seed sown where the crop is to mature, the drilling should be done as early as possible in the spring. Drills are made about half an inch deep and one foot apart for wheel-hoe cultivation (about two feet and a half for horse work). When plants are up, thin to two inches apart. Every other plant may then soon be pulled, bunched and sold in a green state; while the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia, W. Atkinson Co. , 1912
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