XI. 



SIDE ISSUES. 



GROWING PICKLING ONIONS, ONION SETS, BUNCHING 

 ONIONS, ETC. 



THE BARLETTA. — GROWING THE CROP. — ONION SET HARVESTERS. — 

 ONION SET CLEANER. -PROFITS IN PICKLING ONIONS. — GROWING 

 SETS. — WINTERING SETS. — GROWING BUNCHING ONIONS. — GREEN 

 ONIONS FROM BARLETTA SEEDLINGS. — EGYPTIAN WINTER ONIONS. 



Since the introduction of the Barletta (iVdriatic Bar- 

 letta) onion, a few years ago, I have taken quite a fancy to 

 growing pickling onions. 



Does it pay? 



It pays — and pays well. It gives us a chance to utilize 

 the labor of quite young boys with good profit. It allows 

 of double cropping, which is not practical to any great 

 extent in growing ordinary onions by the old method. It 

 gives us a product that meets with ready sale, and brings 

 in ready money long before we can get cash returns from 

 the regular onion crop. 



The New Queen, yet quite generally grown as a pickling 

 onion, has always given foirly satisfactory results. It is a 

 nice, small, white variety, somewhat flat in shape, and 

 early enough to catch the demand for pickling onions. 

 Many specimens, however, unless much crowded, are apt 

 to grow larger than desirable. 



The Barletta is just the thing in size. It is handsome, 

 round, of pearly whiteness, and altogether the pickling 

 o\\\QX\ par excellence. Its advent has made the production 

 of these onions a pleasure. If well-grown, well-cured, and 

 well-sorted, they cannot help tempting even an unwilling 



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