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ONIONS AS GROWN FROM SEEDS 



"DECAUSE of the ease with which large bulbs are 

 -* raised from seeds in one season, few planters start 

 with sets, excepting to secure extra early green onions. 

 Five times as many onions may be grown from a packet 

 of seeds at one-fifth the cost than from a quart of sets. 



It all depends whether or not you are willing to do 

 the work required to grow onions from seeds. For while, 

 as described on pages 106-107, the various tasks required 

 are simple enough, they are surely tedious and must be 

 done at the proper time, or results will be disappointing. 



There is practically no limit in choice of kinds you may 

 grow. If small, white onions of very mild flavor are 

 desired, you may count on gathering them in about three 

 months after seeds are sown. The larger, yellow sorts 

 are ready in 125 to 130 days from date of sowing. They 

 will be of stronger flavor, but also better keepers. Among 

 the red onions we find both extra early and late sorts. 

 All red onions keep best but are strongest. 



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