130 



EX PERI MENTAL FARMS. 



■sowing gave the most regular returns for each variety, White Victoria being the only 

 one which failed to produce any merchantable bulbs — this result was the same 

 throughout. 



ONIONS— TABLE II. 



t 



Seed sown in Hot-bed. Transplaxtkd to the Field 9tii June. 



Varieties. 



Large Red Wethersfield. . 



Red Victoria 



White Large Tripoli 



Red ^tiia 



White Victoria 



Red Mammoth Garganus. 

 White 1. 

 Prizetaker 



Seedsman. 



Thoiburn 



Total weight 



Hend. 



1st Sowing, Sth 



A PHIL. 



Woip-ht 



of Tlii^k. 



necks. 



Lbs. Oz. Lbs. Oz. 



2n'ii Sowing, 20th 



A PHIL. 



Wei^jl) 



l>f ( I nod 



Onions. 



116 8 



30 



Weight 



of Tliick- 



necks. 



Lbs. Oz. Lbs. Oz 



3rd Sowing, 30th 

 April. 



Weight 

 of (iood 

 Onions. 



13 8 

 26 O 



14 8 

 20 S 

 34 

 13 8 



8 8 



13 



143 8 



32 







12 

 8 8 

 



13 8 

 15 8 

 18 8 



100 



Weight 

 of Thick- 

 necks. 



Lbs. Oz. 







45 8 



5 8 



12 8 



35 



21 8 



11 



10 



05 



to 



c 



Feet, 



20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 



141 



ONION SEED SOWN IN THE OPEN EARLY AND LATE. 



The following table gives yields for the same varieties of onions grown by sowing 

 the seed in the field on 13th May, 25th May and 4th June. When the plants reached 

 the proper size they were thinned the usual distances according to size, viz., 2 to 

 4 inches. 



Results : — It will be seen (1) that the total yields of the same varieties, are much 

 smaller than where they have been transplanted, (2) that the yield from the first sow- 

 ing of seed is larger than either of the others, (3) that there is a much larger proportion 

 of " thick necks " to the total product of merchantable onions in all the sowings here 

 than there is when the same varieties were transplanted. Transplanting them in- 

 creases the total yield and decreases the quantity of "thick necks" or unmerchantable 

 onions. 



ONIONS— TABLE III. 



Seed Sown in Field. 



