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REQUIP-Ei^CEMTS AW ?iETHODS OF GROWIMG TOE ONION 



Time to Maturity- Fall planting - 150 - 240 days 



Spring " - 180 - 220 " 



Life- Annual 



Soil Requirements- Rich silt or peat lands, retentive of moisture, 2' in 



depth. 



Climatic Requirements- Long growing season with moderate temperature, no 



rain during harvest, 



V/ater Requirements- Abundant moisture, from either natural sources or 



irrigation. Crop must be kept continually gro'ving 

 for if checked will go to seed, thus rendering 

 it unfit for marketing. 



Calendar of Operations- 



Preparing Seed Bed: Fall planting - October-November plowed and 



worked dov/n into seed bed. 

 Spring " - Plowed November, January replowed 



and worked down into excellent 

 seed bed. 



Planting : 



Time : November- February 



Young plants seeded in November and transplanted. 

 Seeds used in February. 



Quantity: 2- 7# of seed, for field, or 160,000 sets 



Method and Distance: Seed or plants set in 12" ro'.7S 4" apart 

 in rov/s. Drilled or set by hand. 



Care of Growing Crop: 



Thoroughly v/eeded twice, hand cultivated with hoes and wheel 



hoes each month, from time plants are up until 

 maturing ( 4 mos.) 



Varieties : 



Australian broT.-n Italian reds 



California reds Yellow Globe Danvers. 



Harvest: 



Time : April - November 



Method : Pulled just as tops are getting yellow, sometimes laid 



in windro-.vs to cure ( 3 to 14 days), topped, sacked 

 (105^) and hauled to warehouse, 

 Yields- 



Good : 30,000# 

 Usual : 15,000# 

 Commercial Sections- 



Imperial, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Sa" Joaquin Counties, 



