. Barnard's seeds. Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 24 The W. W. Barnard Co., 231-235 W. Madison St., Chicago ONION SEED Sow the seed, as soon as the ground can be made ready, about one-half inch deep. The quantity needed will vary with the s»il, the seed used and the kind of onions desired. Thin seeding gives much larger onions than thick seeding. Four or five pounds per acre is the usual quantity needed to grow onions. As soon as the young plants can be seen in the rows give a shallow working either with rak
. Barnard's seeds. Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 24 The W. W. Barnard Co., 231-235 W. Madison St., Chicago ONION SEED Sow the seed, as soon as the ground can be made ready, about one-half inch deep. The quantity needed will vary with the s»il, the seed used and the kind of onions desired. Thin seeding gives much larger onions than thick seeding. Four or five pounds per acre is the usual quantity needed to grow onions. As soon as the young plants can be seen in the rows give a shallow working either with rake or some other tool that pulverizes well the whole top soil. Many onion growers consider about one inch apart as a perfect stand, thin out to 3 or 4 inches apart if large onions are wanted. Work the crop again in a few days with a hoe or tool that cuts the ground over, this time as closely as is possible to the row without injury to the young plants; follow as quickly as possible with a thorough hand weeding. The ground should be cultivated once a week if possible and any remaining weeds pulled out by hand every two weeks. For best results these operations should be continued until the crop occupies the ground. To raise onion sets from seed, use good ground prepared as for large onions and sow the seed very thick in broad drills, using fortj^ to sixty pounds per acre. If the seed is sown thin, the bulbs will not only be too large for sets but will not be of the right shape, and if sown thick on poor land they will be necky or bottle shaped. Onion seed sovra for sets may be planted somewhat later than if a crop of large bulbs is desired. It will not do to store onions in large piles or masses, particularly in warm weather, or if they are the least moist, but if perfectly dry when gathered and stored in crates, they can be kept in fine condition till spring. The best way is to keep them dry, giving bottom ventilation if possible, and at a uniform temperature of about 32 degrees
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