. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1140 ONION ONOCLEA Phos. acid \ substances wliich are required to give the desired amounts of eacli of the three elements: â "LCOO to 3,200 lbs. cotton-seed meal. , to lbs. giiMUO.* Nitrocen. ] 1,000 to 2,000 lbs. dried blood. 700 to lbs. nitrate of soda,. I 500 to 1,000 lbs. sul
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1140 ONION ONOCLEA Phos. acid \ substances wliich are required to give the desired amounts of eacli of the three elements: â "LCOO to 3,200 lbs. cotton-seed meal. , to lbs. giiMUO.* Nitrocen. ] 1,000 to 2,000 lbs. dried blood. 700 to lbs. nitrate of soda,. I 500 to 1,000 lbs. sulph. ammouia. , 11 200 to 2,400 lbs. aeid phos. 11,000 to lbs. dissolved bone. f 2,200 to lbs. kainit. 700 to lbs. low-grade sulfate of potash. 300 to 720 lbs. high-grade sulfate of potash. 360 to 720 lbs. muriate of potash. *Tf guano is used, reduce the potash 33 per cent and the phosplioric acid 50 per cent, since guano contains large per- centages of these elements. 566(7U7^. âSeed-sowing in the field occurs in the upper districts as early as the first of April or a little earlier, in the central district about the last of Febru- ary, while in the Gulf region it may occur late in fall or any time during the winter, being gauged largely by the time required for the variety to mature, and the market to be met. It is a good rule to put on an abundance of seed, about twice as much as recommended in gen- eral, especially in the Gulf region. Many fields suffer from deficient stand more than from any other cause, and in some years it is the only cause for an unprofi- table crop. Sets. âGood crops may be grown from sets, but the hibor involved and cost of the "seed" is usually so great as to deter many from planting them. In using sets they should be separated into three or four grades, the largest size maturing earliest and the smallest last. In most cases the smallest sets grow siich inferior Onions that they would better be discarded. This takes for
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