Onions 63 



Ashes will prove very beneficial to onions if worked 

 into the soil before starting the bed. 



In the colder sections hardy onions will need 

 mulching with old hay, straw, or manure after the 

 ground is frozen. It will protect them from alter- 

 nate freezing and thawing during the winter, and 

 the plants will be in much better condition in the 

 spring. 



The sooner the onions for the early spring bunch- 

 ing are planted the better. The Egyptian is hardy 

 throughout the North. In quality it is inferior 

 to most other varieties, but it comes on early in 

 the spring, and the bunched onions sell very readily 

 in most markets. 



Winter onions are a profitable crop in some locali- 

 ties. They can be planted any time from the last 

 of July to the first of October. In^ the central 

 section the last of August is a good time for plant- 

 ing; if on rich, well-prepared land and cultivated 

 a time or two, they will make a fine growth by 

 the time the ground freezes up. Severe freezing 

 kills the tops but does not hurt the bulbs. The 

 first breath of spring starts them growing, and 

 they can be marketed in time to use the land for 

 some other crop. 



