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THE NEW ONION CULTURE 



way I have drawn the illustrations which picture the 

 objects in reduced size. Fig 27 shows the plant set 

 one inch deep, the roots reaching further down, and 

 before long probably finding their way clear down to 

 the subsoil. The bulb will spread out to full size as 

 indicated by the dotted lines. This brings it just 



Fig 28 — PLANT SET TOO DEEP 



where we want it, namely, two-thirds or more above 

 the surface of the ground, where it can be easily 

 worked and harvested. In Fig 28 the plant is shown 

 as being set one and one-half inches deep. If planted 

 in a dry time, and in dry soil, the roots may find more 

 moisture and the plant revive more quickly after the 

 transfer, but the bulb is rather too far down in the 



