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Culture of the Onion. 



mentioned method, I beg leave 

 to send you the following sketches 

 and descriptions of it : — Fig. 37. 

 represents a tree one year from 

 the graft, newly planted, and 

 afterwards cut down to two buds 

 on each shoot. Fig. 38. represents 

 the same tree two years old, and 

 fan-trained. Fig. 39., the same tree 

 three years old, cut back and 

 fan-trained. Fig. 40., the same 

 tree, six years old, fan-trained ; the shoots brought down in a 

 curvilinear form to the horizontal direction ; and the different 



years' growth 

 marked 1, 2, 3, 

 4, 5, 6. The 

 centre is still 

 trained in the 

 fan form, and 

 the branches are 

 brought down 

 yearly; until the 

 tree reaches to 

 the top of the 

 wall, where the 

 fan-training ter- 

 minates, and the 

 branches are 



trained forward horizontally. Nothing more is necessary than to 



keep the trees in good order, and to encourage the leading shoots. 



Hopetoun House Gardens, Feb. 3. 1834. James Smith. 



Art. VIII. On the Culture of the Onion by Solving and Transplanting. 

 By Mr. Wm. Taylor, Gardener, Liverpool. 



About the latter end of May, make up a seed bed of light 

 soil, and raise it 6 in. above the level of the path round it, in 

 order to keep it very dry. A bed Sh, ft. wide, and 18 ft. long, 

 will require half a pound of seed. By the latter end of August, 

 the bulbs will be about the size of peas, and will be ready to be 

 taken up, that they may be kept dry during the winter. About 

 the middle of the following February, plant them in drills, about 

 8 in. apart, with the bulbs from 4 to 6 in. apart in the row, and 

 cover them with a full inch of soil. Some rich manure may be 

 laid in the bottom of the drill, if convenient. In this manner 

 I have grown a crop of onions, averaging from 14 to 16 oz. each. 



Lorton Street, Liverpool, Jan. 13. 1834. 



