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soil; using the dibble, and making the holes large, 

 bv a twitch of the hand, to receive their roots, which 

 are fibry and bulky ; previously trimming them a 

 little, and cropping their tops. 



If the ground have been newly dug, (which it 

 should be), they will not require water; as hardly 

 any plant strikes root more freely than this. If 

 their leaves were topped once a-month throughout 

 the summer, they would grow to a large size in con- 

 sequence ; as such topping causes them to push 

 new heart leaves, and so swell the stalk the larger. 



Of thinning and 'weeding Onions. 

 If the full crops of onions have not been thinned 

 out, as directed last month, let it now be done 

 without delay; observing the directions there given; 

 allowing the broadcast crops six or eight inches 

 square, and those drilled four or five inches in line. 

 Hoe or weed all the crops, according as they may 

 stand in need of it, and never let them be over-run 

 with weeds. 



Of pulling the crops of Winter Onions^ 

 The crops of winter onions will be fit for taking 

 up about the end of the month or first of July. 

 Spread them thin on the ground for a few days to 

 dry, and then house them, as directed in Septem- 

 ber ; wliich see. They will keep better, and longer 

 than onions of any other sowing. 



Of transplanting Onions, 

 pnions may be transplanted with success, and 



