Archive image from page 109 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofam03bail Year: 1900 came. Some- 1 I t ()ni n Tin' ht-st results with multipliers are 111 I «li 11 ilic are separated on being I I 11 I i 1 I h room in which to grow. Two 1 llii 1 111 Is of niiiltiplier Onions
Archive image from page 109 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofam03bail Year: 1900 came. Some- 1 I t ()ni n Tin' ht-st results with multipliers are 111 I «li 11 ilic are separated on being I I 11 I i 1 I h room in which to grow. Two 1 llii 1 111 Is of niiiltiplier Onions are known, the \aiiation bung chiefly in the color of the bulb. Onion sets are merely ordinary Onions which are arrested in their growth, and when planted will resume gionth The} are grown from seed. The .soid is s n M rv thu k on rather poor laiiil, ' In ii I)ji\uiHig lull i_n resich the possibilities ui l, i I : ilny mature when still vi i\ -i 1 I, . bulbs or sets an- thrn ,. :,.i ;u.,l k, pt rill-,' Wlirii planted they grow rapidly lay lie ]iull.(l anil used for the table. .will tu 11 main in the ground, they np lluvMi-stalks and produce seeds, niniuii iiiiiuns do. Sets are not allowed t il, huu, vir, since the seeds from sets » III 1 pruiialily produce an inferior race of I I 1 lis. Any vaiiety of seed-bearing Onion 111 i> be grown and propagated as sets, al- though there are relatively few that give uni- fiirmly good results. In tlie trade, Onion sets are usu- ally designated as yellow, red or white. In order to secure good results truu, i ,. ets. it is essential that the sets be small â ini,, I I,, v should not be over one-half inch in .li., â : ,' are of the best. If they are much lar;:I I ;. i i . i In y tend to run to seed rather than to pmilnc. .iilii~. uinitimes the very small and inferior Onions -ire saved from the regular crop and are used as sets the following spring. Such sets are generally kno\\n as 'larenpes ' Usually they do not g
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