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were planted last October and sprouted fairly well, but owing to the 

 dry weather commencing with me from middle of December until 

 March 1895, the bulbs were very small taking 50 to 60 to the pound. 

 The Indian onion seeds you sent me were planted in Oct. last, but did 

 not sprout so well, a good deal of the seeds must have been bad. 

 Owing to I he dry weather, being several months without rain, the 

 bulbs were very small, but of a good flavour, and rather finer than the 

 Bermuda onion. 



Mr. A. C. Martin, Cross Keys — Both the Bermuda and East Indian 

 onion seeds were sown in Oct , 1894. The Bermuda sprouted well and 

 the bed was thinned out, seedlings pulled up were transplanted into 

 another bed, altogether 152 square feet wasplanted out and by the end 

 of March, 1895, 1 gathered 44 lbs of well cured onions some of which I 

 exhibited at the Mandeville Flower Show in May and obtained first prize. 



The East Indian seed did not sprout well and in consequence I did 

 not thin out seed bed. From 57 sq. feet of land I gathered 14flbs. of 

 well cured onions by end of April, 1895. The bulbs were not very 

 large but of fair size and on the whole there were not many small 

 onions. From my experience I think the month of August, Septem- 

 ber and October best for sowing seed. 1 find the seedlings stand trans- 

 planting well and this should be done when they are about 4 inches 

 high, when kept until they are taller they die more readily. I have 

 tried to induce the small settlers in my neighbourhood to cultivate 

 onions offering them seeds and plants, but it seems to be a difficult 

 matter to get them to attempt anything new. I will be glad to get 

 more onion seeds as soon as you have any. 



Mr. C. P. Nosworthy, Newport. — The onion seed was sowed last Oc- 

 tober and came up very regularly, but the extreme drught ever since 

 has rather perished them — they are, however, now beginning to recover 

 strength and after a little more rain 1 will transplant all the thinnings. 



Mr. C. T. Dewar, Duncans— I have seen a bed of onions in Duncans 

 grown by the Schoolmaster, Mr. Fullerton. They are really good and if 

 always as successful they would be a very paying item in a iiarket garden. 



Mr. J. R. Reece, Pedro. — My first lot of onions failed owing to too 

 much lain, the second, owing to drought. 



Mr. John Davidson, Bellevue — I have been very successful with the 

 onion see is you sent me ; there are a few smallish ones, but they mea- 

 sured in circumfeience as a rule 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 1 1^ ins. The crop 

 is (for quantity of seeds) a large one and taste and flavour absolutely 

 delicious 



Mr, li. A. Walcott, Mandeville — I gave Mrs, Swaby about a quarter 

 of a pint of the onion seed you, imported for me. She sowed them at 

 Newark in Manchester in October last. The rains washed out a very 

 considerable portion of the plants, but for all that she reaped a crop of 

 186 lbs. of fine onions in February this year, and she readily sold them 

 in Manchester at tid. per lb. The onions were not very large, but of 

 fair size and excellent flavour. 



[Issued 21st Mar., 1904.] 

 Printed at the Govt. Printing Office, Kingston, Jam. 



