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dry weather, and sowed it in the open ground watering the bed every 

 evening. The seeds sprang beautifully, and grew rapidly until about 

 4 inches high. We then had very heavy rains and the ground though 

 expansion rose 2 or 3 inches leaving only the tops of the leaver above 

 o-round, this seemed to put a check to their growth as they grew very 

 fittle aftewards, and when ripe were only fit for pickling. The Ber- 

 muda Onion seed I sowed in a box and when about 2 ins. high trans- 

 planted them into a prepared bed, they grew very rapidly and came 

 to a good size, the best weighing 8 bulbs to a pound, I am convinced 

 that had the Indian seed been treated in the same way, and had the 

 Bermuda seed been sown earlier better results would have been obtained. 

 In transplanting I put the plants 4 inches apart so that per acre they 

 would yield a very good return. 



Mr. J. H. Mills, St. Ann's Bay — I am glad to report that the onions 

 turned out all that could be desired, so much so that I intended writing 

 to ask you where I could get seeds of the description you sent me to 

 buy— I bought seeds in Kingston but ihey were nf t good— I got from 

 the seeds you sent me single onions weighing 14ozs. 



Mr. B. E. FuUerton, Duncans. — I have to report most favourably on 

 the onion seeds you sent last year. They were sown in October in a 

 well prepared bed made on a spot where I had previously made some 

 farm yard manure ; the sprouts came forth freely tind healthily, trans- 

 planting was done at the end of November on the few early days of 

 December, and a splendid crop reaped in March — bulbs well formed 

 as you will see from the samples sent you herewith. I think from the 

 results of my experiments for the the three successive years past I 

 am in a position to pronounce the locality well adapted to onion culture. 

 Of course as is the case with most objects of culture, much trouble, 

 attention and care are needed to secure satisfactoiy results -not to 

 meiition favourable seasons. 



Mr. R. N. Heming, Davis Town. — The seeds you sent me have 

 turned out very successful Some very fine large bulbs have been 

 grown and on the whole the returns received are very much better than 

 the previous year. 



Mr. J. H. Bonello, May Pen.— I am glad to state that the onion seeds 

 grew nicely and would have given a splendid return had it not been 

 for the drought which took them. 



Mr. H. Jackson, Mandeville. — I have much pleasure to report that 

 the Bermufia onion seeds I got from you turned out a success. I grew 

 them on red soil highly manured with ashes and stable manure mixed. 

 Some I manured with s^table manure alone, but those did not turn out 

 as well as the others with the mixture. I find they thrive best on land 

 that has been previously cultivated ; I drilled seeds about a foot apart, 

 aud sowed an inch apart in each row, When the seedlings attained 

 the height of 4 inches I thinned them, thereby giving them a space of 

 about 3 inches. After this I did nothing in the way of cultivation, 

 except keeping the soil free from weeds. I had to water freely on 

 account of the severe drought wc had at the time I planted. Most of 

 my onions weighed ^Ib. but they averaged about 6 ozs. Seed was sown 

 first week in November and bulbs were taken up in March. I would 

 like a few more seeds if you can spare them to make another trial. 



M. A. G. Heron, Cross Keys.^ — The Bermuda onion seed you sent me 



