CHAPTER VI 



VEGETABLES, ETC. CONTINUED 



1 HE Onion (Allium Cepa), 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 are 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 weedings will be required; but when seed 



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