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required such a crop ; and were not set thick. Half as 

 many more (possibly double, in broad-cast) could have 

 been planted, in the same ground. I do not think this 

 season has been flivourable, either for leaves or roots. 

 They have, however, yet, time to increase. 



ONIONS. 



I have been in the habit, for the past three years, oi 

 raising onions, agreeably to the method mentioned by 

 our member JViUiam Phillips, Esq. ; page 18, of our 

 2d vol. I sowed the seed in September, or the latter 

 part of August. They have uniformly been so far su- 

 perior, in weight, quality, and facility of culture, that, 

 did I not know the inflexibility of old prejudices, I 

 should wonder at any other mode being persisted in. 

 My old gardener is inveterately prejudiced, in favour 

 of his accustomed culture by plant-onions. He strives 

 to exceed those sown, in the way first mentioned ; and 

 will even neglect them, while he pays every attention 

 to his favourites. Yet he has never been able to equal 

 what he calls my - new fashion ;" in any respect. I 

 have weighed them against picked onions, in his old 

 mode of culture ; and mine sometimes exceed as two 

 to three ; and always weigh the heaviest. I think those 

 sown in the autumn, should be gathered a week or 

 fortnight sooner than the others. If they are left on the 

 ground too long, they are apt to split, or grow double. 

 —Earthing over a few rows, makes them much more 

 mild and palatable, for early use ; than those left to 

 bulb entirely above ground. 



