CHAPTER VI. 

 Vegetables, Etc. — Continued. 



THE ONION {AlHum ccpa) as a paying field 

 crop, ranks next to cabbage. For the early 

 supply, grown for bunching, onion sets are used. 

 These should be planted in rich soil, using from six to 

 ten bushels per acre, according to the size of the sets. 

 Seed is also sown at the same time for plants to follow, 

 and maintain the supply. Six pounds of seed are 

 required for an acre. For raising sets, twenty-five 

 pounds of seed are required, which should be grown on 

 rather poor land, so that they may not run to tops or 

 grow too large. 



The White sets r.re put out in the spring as soon as 

 the ground can be worked, three inches apart, in rows 

 one foot apart, reserving every sixth row for celery. 

 This work is usually done by boys, and the sets are 

 covered in with a rake by a man who follows, walking 

 in the vacant row. Only two wecdin^s will be required ; 

 but when seed is sown three are necessar}', and the 

 plants are thinnea to three inches. 



The sets will be large enough for pulling about the 

 middle of June. They are bunched for market, five in 



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