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are autumn sown. For storing medium-sized Onions 

 are best, and they should be given as cool a store as 

 possible ; indeed, if not damp or in great bulk frost 

 does not injure them, but for home bunching or the 

 old-fashioned plan of" roping " choose the well-ripened 

 spring sown or keeping varieties and suspend them to 

 the roof of a shed. If the plants are well grown 

 and fed there will be few small bulbs ; the latter should 

 not be mixed with the larger but they are useful for 

 pickling and can be sold for this purpose. Large 

 quantities of Onions are imported in late summer and 

 greatly affect the sale of home-grown produce. 



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In no case should the pods become hard or seedy as 

 then the flavour is poor. Gather the pods daily say 

 from midsummer to September, and they keep a short 

 time if laid on a floor in a cool place and damped over. 

 Certain of the larger section, especially the light-green 

 pods, age more quickly than others. There is now a 

 regular trade in shelled peas early in the year, the pods 

 being imported and then shelled and sold in bags, but 

 this produce cannot compare with our own Marrow- 

 fat varieties freshly gathered. Peas sent to market are 

 usually in half sieves or bushels and early in the season 

 from the Continent small baskets, holding a few 

 pounds in each, are used. For home use if sent any 

 distance they are best placed thinly in a hamper near 

 the lid, as if in bulk any length of time they heat badly. 



