ROOT VEGETABLES 



well when grown year after year on the same 

 ground, and when the bed is well cared for one or 

 two years, it gets in excellent tilth and is easily 

 kept free from weeds. 



By sowing onion seed in frames and transplant- 

 ing in April, onions of immense size may be pro- 

 duced, and the labour is not much greater than 

 that required by planting in the open ground, thin- 

 ning, and giving the necessary preliminary weed- 

 ing. In setting the young onions, which are very 

 small and tender, a shallow trench is dug and the 

 plants laid against the side of it at intervals of four 

 inches, the earth being then filled in and pressed 

 down against them with the hoe. For this form of 

 onion culture, the Prizetaker type of onion is the 

 best. This onion compares very favourably with the 

 Bermuda onion, being of a pale yellow colour, white 

 flesh, mild flavour, and immense size. 



For general family use there is no onion to com- 

 pare with the White Portugal or Silver Skin, 

 while for pickling, the white Barletta is an exceed- 

 ingly satisfactory sort. One ounce of seed will plant 

 one hundred feet of drill. 



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