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plan in the Southern States. Let me quote from a recent 

 bulletin of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment 

 Station (by Prof. W. F. Massey), as follows: — 



'* There are two w^ays in which the transplanting method 

 may be practiced in the South: (i) by sowing the seed in 

 a plant-bed in October and transplanting to their perma- 

 nent place in February; (2) by sowing the seed in a cold 

 frame under glass in January and transplanting in February, 

 after gradually hardening them to the air. The Italian 

 and Spanish varieties we consider the best for our purposes. 

 The transplanting of onions in a young, growing state 

 always results in a great increase in size. Why it does so 

 we cannot explain, but the fact is evident. We think it 

 probable that the practice of sowing the seed early in Oc- 

 tober, on well-prepared beds of light soil, and then trans- 

 planting them in February or March to the land from 

 which the celery crop has just been taken, will finally be 

 the rule with us, as the sowing under glass in January 

 involves more skill, trouble, and expense." 



