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be varied to meet the conditions of each season. The onion 

 plant is semi-hardy and will stand considerable cold. 

 Bermuda varieties will stand about 20 degrees above zero, 

 the others about 15 above without -material injury. The 

 tops may be knocked down or even killed but they will 

 come out again. 



The open ground planted seed must have frequent and 

 thorough cultivation else the grass and weeds will take the 

 crop and the onions die down in the "set" stage. If the 

 onions are kept growing rapidly by sufficient cultivation 

 there will be no stopping of growth in the "set" stage. 

 The fact that onions die down so generally at that stage 

 is from lack of sufficient cultivation, and that seems to 

 have been the trouble in the Central South in the past. 

 The grower has let his crop stop growing from lack of 

 sufficient cultivation. 



What has been said about sowing seed in beds, sorting 

 the young plants to uniform size so as to give uniform 

 onions in the crop applies to spring planting in the Central 

 South as well as to fall planting in the other sections. 



With high fertilizing and the best of cultivation, crops 

 of from 400 to 500 bushels per acre are not uncommon, 

 and it is a rare thing for onions to be worth less than $1.00 

 per bushel in the wholesale markets of Atlanta and other 

 Southern cities. It's not a fancy price crop but it's a 

 staple crop at a fairly steady price. If the market is 

 glutted at harvest it's a crop that, if it has been properly 

 grown, can be kept for months if necessary. It's the 

 safest vegetable crop that can be grown South, but it's not 

 a crop to play with or that will stand slip-shod, careless 

 treatment. If the prospective planter will give it the at- 



