The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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TRANSPLANTING ONIONS. 



Mr. C. B. Waldron, of the North Dakota Experimental Station, says that 

 his attempts to grow onions in the ordinary way have generally failed, but he 

 has succeeded well by transplanting. For example, on April 4th, seeds of a 

 number of varieties were sown in shallow boxes in the greenhouse. When the 

 plants came up the average stand was about 500 to the square foot. May 23, 

 these small onions, with a diameter slightly greater than that of an ordinary 

 wheat straw, were transplanted to the open ground 5 inches apart in the drill. 

 On the same date and on similar soil, seed of the same varieties were sown. 

 The rainfall from above date until June 30 was 3.62 inches, for July 2.21, and 

 for August 2.72. 



The onions were harvested September 22. At this time all of those which 

 had been transplanted were mature, while of the others only the early pickling 

 sorts and the Extra Early Red had thoroughly ripened. Only 5 varieties out of 

 26 planted made a satisfactory stand from seed. The following table gives the 

 relative yields from the two methods of culture : 



Relative yields of onions transplanted and grown from seed. 



Weight of 

 Vakiety. trans- non-trans- 



planted. 



Early Red 



Red Victoria 



White Victoria 



Silver White ^^^tna.. . , 

 Yellow Globe Danvers 



The author estimates that about 84 square feet of glass are necessary to 

 furnish plants sufficient for i acre, and that the cost of transplanting an acre is 

 about $10. 



When the saving of seed is taken into account, it is doubtful if the expense 

 of growing a crop in the old way is less than by the method of transplanting. 

 Transplanting onions produced large, regular, mature bulbs, greatly excelling the 

 others in keeping and market qualities. 



Fig. 665. 



A Vine Holder.— At the last meeting of the New York Hor- 

 ticultural Society, samples of the vine holder here illustrated were 

 shown. They came from the Rochester Radiator Co. (Rochester, 

 N. Y.), and cost $1.00 per 1,000. We consider them a great labor 

 and time saver. Surely this year it has not taken us one-quarter the 

 time to fasten our vines to the wires as was required for this work in 

 former years. — American Gardening. 



