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 grafs In dry weather, and in a month's time they will be 

 ready for taking up, which muft ai'.b be done in dry 

 weather; laying them where they will have plenty pf 

 fun and air; to be hoofed in a fortnight or three weeks. 

 When they are houCcd, let them have air, and be fre- 

 quently turned, and fhouid their necks fwell, twiffc 

 them very tight with your fingers, which will prevent 

 their fpringing, and keep then) found for winter uky in 

 fevere froft, they may be hung up in warm places in 

 nets, or dry wheat-ftraw laid o^'er them. 



Another method I would recommend for the prefer- 

 vation of Onions is the iollovving : as foon as they are 

 taken out of the ground, let their green hearts be drawn 

 as deep as you can out of their necks, which you 

 muft open with ycnr thunib for the purpofe, then 

 they are to be laid in the lun for a few days, when they 

 will keep well, provided they are fpread en a dry floor, 

 to be now and then turned, and aired in dry weather. 



The culture of the Silver-ficinned Onion is the fame 

 with the Utrajburg; they have a much milder tafte, and 

 make a more beautiful appearance. 



You may alfo fow fome leeds of the Strajburg Onion 

 about the twelfth of J«/r, for fallads in winter. Thefe 

 will ftand very well in moderate weather, for fpring or 

 winter ufe, and their culture is the fame as that prefcri- 

 bed for fummer crops. Obferve to give the {^t^ fown 

 at this feafon a deeper covering than thofe which are 

 fown in March, otherwife the froft may force them out 

 of the ground. 



However, there is an Onion that is better (or fpring 

 ufe. This is the M'^e/Jb Onion, which fliouUl be fown in 

 Julyt in beds four feet broad, and what length you 

 pleafe. Cover the feeds well, and in ten days they 

 will appear; weed them well : by Novemkr their leaves 

 will have withered, when you muft lay the eartli in the 

 alleys on the beds, raking it gently. About the begin- 

 ning of February they will appear again very ftrong, and 

 in Mt/>v/> will be fit'for ufe. They tafte very ftrong, 

 and ftio«ild they be too thick, thin them about the 

 end of March, and planting them in beds, ihey will 

 produce good feed in Septemhrr. They will continue 



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