102 oiti ox. 



seed leaf, thin them out to single plants. Earth them up 

 slightly two or three times during their growth. 



The Dwarf variety, growing from two to two and a half 

 feet high, is best adapted for our northern climate; the 

 Tall or Giant sort, growing five or six feet high, taking up 

 too much room in our gardens. 



The pods, transversely sliced and dried when green, may 

 be kept for winter use. 



ONION. 



Onions require a rich, finely-pulverized soil, in order to 

 grow them to perfection. The ground should be prepared 

 as early in the spring as possible, by heavily manuring it 

 with well-rotted manure, digging and pulverizing the soil as 

 finely as possible. Composted poultry manure, fine ground 

 bone-dust or soot, sown in the drills and then covered with 

 an inch or two of soil, are excellent manures for this vege- 

 table. A top dressing of wood ashes after the plants are 

 well up also assists their growth materially. 



The seed should be sown from the first to the 15th of 

 April, in drills one inch deep and one foot apart ; a light 

 roller should be run along each drill as soon as the seed is 

 covered in. When the plants are well up, the ground 

 should be well hoed, and the plants thinned out to two or 

 three inches apart. The hoeing should be repeated two 

 or three times, but discontinued after the bulbs begin to 

 set, as it is then injurious to them. If weeds should then 

 make their appearance, they must be removed by hand. 



When the tops wither, which is generally in August, the 

 bulbs should be pulled up and left on the ground exposed 

 to the sun and ah* for two or three weeks, in order to well 

 dry them off; after which they must be kept in a cool, dry 

 cellar, but free from frost. 



