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ONIONS AS GROWN FROM SETS 



THREE distinct types of onion sets deserve the con- 

 sideration of the home gardener. The most widely 

 grown are the common bottom sets which are really small 

 bulbs of either white, yellow, or red onions, produced by 

 sowing seeds thickly in the rows. The resulting stunted 

 onion bulblets ripen in August. Stored through the win- 

 ter, to be set out very early the following spring, they 

 either furnish green "scallions" or can be grown to become 

 large bulbs. They are generally planted early in April 

 in rows, two to three inches apart, two inches deep, with 

 ten to twelve inch space between the rows. 



The other types of sets are either small bulbs formed 

 on top of stalks, in place of the seeds, or small bulblets 

 forming in the ground beside the mother-bulb. The 

 best known of the last named is the potato onion set or 

 multiplier. Of the onion forming in clusters (as illus- 

 trated) on top of stalk, the Egyptian or Perennial Tree 

 Onion is the most popular. Both these types are very 

 much hardier than the common bottom sets and, for best 

 results, should be planted in the fall. They will then 

 furnish the first green onions in the spring. 



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