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tembfT ; and for which crop, it is proper to 

 fow a principal fupply of Welch onions, 

 which, altiiough they never bulb, have me- 

 rit for their lingular haiclinefs to Hand the 

 rii^ours of Winter, when the bulbous iorts are 

 often killed in that feafon : but they are of a 

 ftronger hot talle than the bulbous onions : — 

 and of the latter, what are not ufed in their 

 young growth will come in for early buloing 

 onion.s in June and July, though will moftly 

 foon afier run up for feed. 



However, it is proper to fow both forts, 

 fome towards the middle of Augull, and a 

 few more about the latter end of thjt month, 

 or beginning of September, to ftand later iu 

 the Spring without running. 



Sow each fort feparate, in four-feet wide 

 beds, tolerably thick ; tread down and rake 

 in che feed. When the plants are up one, 

 two^ or three inches high, and weeds rifmg , 

 numeroufiy, they mull be carefuliy hand- 

 Avsedcu, not thjnned ; as this will be eft'e^led 

 in drawing them young for ufe as wanted, 

 ior lallads and other occafions ; and for which, 

 iome of the firft lowing in Auguft may be 

 drawn the fame feaion, in October, Novem- 

 ber ?nd December. The main fupply remain 

 till Spring; but in Mid-winter, as the Welch 

 onion> commonly die down to the ground, the 

 root' part remains, i^rid they come up again 

 llrongly in February, at which time, and in 

 iVlarch, let the whole be well cleared from 

 weeds. The onions will be of proper growth, 

 to draw green for ufe all the Spring months, 

 t:il May j then let fome of the bulbous kinds 



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