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whole year to sow for a full crop, on land that is very light, for 

 m ground of that nature, the crops which are sown in tlie spring 

 are apt, in the summer months, to be attacked by maggots, 

 and the crop is thereby entirely lost. This, however, is not 

 the case with onions sown at this time, as before the heat oi 

 the summer sets in, the crops are well grown, and beyond all 

 danger. 



The most proper kinds are the Strasburg and Deptford, 

 the preference, however, should be given to the former, and in 

 order to insure a plentiful supply in the spring, the seed should 

 be sown rather thickly, green onions being then in request, 

 as well as a stock for transplanting. 



LAYING DOWN THE CROPS OF ONIONS. 



At this time the spring sown crops will be fast approaching 

 maturity, and, with the view of forwarding them, and pro- 

 moting the swelling of the bulbs, they should be carefully laid, 

 according to the directions already given in May. Those 

 which are in the most forward state will be fit to be taken up 

 by the middle or end of the month, directions for which, see 

 September. 



PLANTING OUT SAVOYS. 



Savoys for autumn and winter use should now be planted 

 out. In order to have them of a fine size, the gi'ound, if it 

 has been previously impoverished, will require a good dressing 

 of dung ; but if planted where early potatoes, or such crops 

 which have not much exhausted the ground, have been grown, 

 they will attain a good size without any further preparation. 

 Savoys, and all other sorts of greens, may with propriety be 

 j,lanted betv\^een rows of peas, beans, and similar crops, where 

 ground is scarce, but in doing so, they should be well dunged. 

 Choose the best formed plants, and plant them two feet, or 

 two feet and a half apart between the rows, and fifteen or 

 eighteen inches distant in the line. 



