THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



in the onion, which resists all efforts to cook ten- 

 der. By watching the plants and breaking off all 

 blossom stalks as they form, the onions will remain 

 fit for use when stored for the winter. 



There are no onions, however, so tender and 

 delicate for table use as those grown from seed, 

 which may be sown in the open ground early in 

 March or April and thinned out to stand three or 

 four inches apart in the rows. Or they may at first 

 be thinned to stand from one to two inches apart, 

 and as soon as large enough for the table, use as 

 young, green onions ; every other onion may be re- 

 moved, allowing the remainder to mature for win- 

 ter use. 



A method of culture we have found very satis- 

 factory is to sow seed in drills in August in very 

 finely prepared ground, which must be kept well 

 cultivated and free of weeds. A mulch of straw 

 or other coarse litter as protection during winter 

 should be given after the setting in of cold weather, 

 and this should be removed in spring. Seed sown 

 at that season gives an abundance of early onions 

 of the tenderest and best quality, and the entire 

 crop may be gathered in time for another sowing 



of seed in the following August. Onions succeed 



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