The Busy Woman s Garden Book 



weeks' time produce a delicious green onion, 

 sweet and of the utmost tenderness. I have found 

 it a good thing to spade the flower beds intended 

 for the growing of annuals and bedding plants 

 early in the season and plant the onions in these, 

 thus saving room in the garden and getting a 

 greater use of the flower beds. 



Unlike many vegetables the onion can be grown 

 year after year on the same ground, providing 

 it is well fertilized each year with barnyard 

 manure, so that the humus content of the soil is 

 not depleted. Clean tilth is essential, so that as 

 little hand work as possible may be required for 

 ,onions tops are exceedingly tender and injury 

 to them checks the growth of the bulbs. The 

 garden overalls adopted by many women for 

 working is a distinct advantage in the onion bed. 

 ,For onion sets sow seed in drills early in spring; 

 gather the sets when ripe and store in a dry place 

 till spring; slight freezing will not injure them 

 but they must be protected from thawing and 

 freezing. 



But for winter onions of notable size and qual- 

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