. Burpee's farm annual. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD ONION SEED. With Onions, more tlian with any other vegetable, Cauliflowers only excepted, the outcome depends largely upon the seed. Grood Seed alone can bring a glad harvest. It should be obtained from a reliable grower or dealer, for there is always a large stock of poor, worse than worthless, seed in the market. Cheapness in Onion Seed carries with it a suspicion of inferiority. The grower can ill aflbr
. Burpee's farm annual. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD ONION SEED. With Onions, more tlian with any other vegetable, Cauliflowers only excepted, the outcome depends largely upon the seed. Grood Seed alone can bring a glad harvest. It should be obtained from a reliable grower or dealer, for there is always a large stock of poor, worse than worthless, seed in the market. Cheapness in Onion Seed carries with it a suspicion of inferiority. The grower can ill aflbrd to run risks for the sake of saving a few dollars, when he has hundreds at stake in his prospective Onion Crop. By all means go sure ; pay a good price and plant good seed.—Extract from Mr. T. Greine/s Essay in How TO G-ROW Onions. The value attached to good onion seed by old growers may be a source of wonder to the inexperienced, and it is oftentimes entirely overlooked by the beginner in the business. . As the onion develops and begins to ripen, the stalk falls over and shrivels up at the bulb. This forms a ripe onion. But a certain percentage of the onions, although attaining fair size, will remain large and stiff around the neck, constituting a "stiff neck" or scallion. The scallion, although good to eat, will not keep through the winter, and is, consequently, not marketable like a matured onion. , . Inasmuch as eveiy scallion is like so much dead stock on the market, it is evident that the smaller the percentage of scallions the more valuable the seed to the grower. is exactly this feature that makes the seed of the con- scientious, carefIII seedsman valuable; while the unscrupulous onion grower may sell all his marketable onions, set out his scallions next spring, and in the fall have a fine lot of cheap seed for sale.—Extract from Col. Arlies Essay in How TO Grow Onions. Next to having good seed, it is important to know how to grow onions most profitably,
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