384 



EX PERI 11 £.Y TA L FA RMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 



Name of Variety. 



Dwarf German Black Wax 

 ii ii 



Detroit Wax 



it 



Long Yellow Six Weeks . . . 



Y^es. 



No. 

 Yes. 



No. 



So. 



When Pulled and Yield. 



Aug. 3. Aug. 9. Aug. 20. 



Lbs 



22* 

 12 

 14i 

 2 

 20 



4i 



Lbs. 

 2 



m 



24 h 

 91 1 



20l 



Lbs 



-4 



2 



111 



iol 



6 



OXIOXS. 



Eighteen varieties of onions were sown in a hot-bed March 25, in rows 3 inches 

 apart and three-quarters of an inch deep. The seed was scattered so that from 10 to 

 12 seeds occupied an inch of row. These made good growth, with the exception of 

 Prizetaker, which variety failed to germinate. The plants were transplanted to the 

 open ground May 11. At this time they were about one-half the size of a lead pencil. 



The land had previously been in garden crops, and was in a fairly good state of 

 fertility. It was manured in the fall of 1900 with 20 tons of stable manure per acre, 

 which was ploughed under. This was worked up in the spring and the land run into 

 rows 30 inches apart. These rows were raked off and fertilized at the rate of 400 pounds 

 per acre with complete fertilizer, which was raked in on top of the levelled rows. Two 

 rows of onions were set to each marked row, placed G inches apart, and the plants were 

 bet 3 inches apart in the rows. The soil was a clay loam. 



The distance generally advised for onions is in rows 12 inches apart on level 

 ground, and 3 inches apart in the rows. The plants were set three-quarters of an inch 

 deep in the ground. If the soil is light they would do better if planted still deeper. 



If the onion seed is to be started in the open ground the land should be worked up 

 as early in the spring as possible. The earlier the seed is in the better. If grown in 

 this way the Bartletta and Extra Early Elat Eed have been the best sorts tested here for 

 that method of culture. Few varieties of onions have done well here from seed sown 

 in the open ground. The season is too short and they do not mature properly. The 

 transplanting takes very little more time than thinning the plants which is necessary 

 when the seed is sown in the field. Xo plant is more easily transplanted than the 

 onion, and the plants can be set any time after the tirst of May. 



The onion grows best on a soil previously well enriched, and having an abundant 

 amount of available plant food. The manure if applied in the spring should be well 

 rotted and thoroughly worked into the surface soil. The best practice is to manure in 

 the fall and continue growing this crop on the same ground for several years. 



The first four named sorts in the list which follows are early white varieties. The 

 Mammoth Silver King is a very large growing white onion, maturing early. The. 

 Prizetaker has previously been tested, and ranks as one of the best for transplanting 

 and for general crop. The Yellow Globe is also a splendid sort for this purpose. 

 Onions should be gathered as soon as the crop is matured, or when the most of the 

 necks have withered and turned yellow. The white onions if not pulled and stored 

 when matured are liable to turn green, which lessens their value very much. 



The onions should first be allowed to dry for a week or ten days in piles in the field. 

 If the weather is not favourable, as is often the ease here, they should be spread on the 

 floor of an outbuilding until thoroughly cured. They keep best in a dry, cool cellar 

 with the temperature just above the freezing point. They should be cured with the 



