244 The Profitable Culture of Vegetables. 



When ready, the crop is cut half an inch above the roots 

 with a large sharp knife, taking a breadth of about Sin. at one 

 cut. It is then packed upright, with the tops as level as possible, 

 in punnets made for the purpose, the Cress going in a shallow 

 punnet and the Mustard in a deeper one. These are known to 

 the makers as punnets for " Hot and Cold," and the produce is 

 also dealt with under this name by market salesmen. 



Varieties : White Mustard and Curled Cress will give satis- 

 factory results, though many market growers now substitute 

 Rape (Brassica napus) for the Mustard, because it is cheaper 

 and is said to serve the purpose equally well. 



ONIONS. 



Allium Cepa. 



ONIONS are appreciated in one form or another by almost 

 everyone, and it is therefore necessary that the grower 

 of general supplies should devote a fair-sized area to their 

 culture. Fortunately, they will grow and do fairly well on 

 almost any soil, although one of medium texture, inclining to 

 sandiness, yields the best and most profitable crops ; but even 

 a clay soil, with good preparation, may be made to produce a 

 very satisfactory crop of Onions. 



The production 

 of Onions for sale 

 may be considered 

 as occupying three 

 main divisions 

 those which are 

 sown towards the 

 end of the summer 

 for transplanting 

 early in the spring 

 (these are known 

 as "autumn sown"; 



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same date to be 



pulled for bunching in spring ; and the main sowing which takes 

 place early in spring to produce Onions for storing and sale in 



