Good Seed, Full Weiyht and a Fair Price. 
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ONIOK. 
Onion seed is my leading specialty, and I believe that my seed 
is second to none in the country. If there is such a thing as Ped- 
igree Seed I have got it. My stock of Yellow Globe Dan vers has 
been improved by careful selection for nearly twenty years, using 
only the most perfectly formed bulbs for seed stock. In addi- 
tion to raising the best possible seed from the best stock, I do 
what is seldom done by seed growers, and that is, after my seed 
has been cleaned by the mill in the usual way, 
IT IS ALL WATER CLEANED. 
This is an expensive way to clean seed, as all the light, half -filled 
seed that goes through the mill is washed out and thrown away. 
But, if expensive, it is thorough. Every seed that sinks in water 
must be heavy seed, and sure to grow. A large onion grower 
said to me, " When I sow water-cleaned seed, I know it is going 
to grow, but when it has not been washed I am not sure of it." 
The onion is one of the most important of all our vegetables. 
There is perhaps no vegetable more healthy, as it contains valua- 
ble medicinal properties Immense quantities are consumed, and, 
except an occasional year when the crop is large in all. parts of 
the country, they are a very profitable crop to raise. I have sev- 
eral times made a clear profit on a crop of onions greater than 
the value of the land upon which they were raised. 
But there is no vegetable where the quality of the seed has more 
to do with the result of the crop than the onion. Seed that looks 
all right and that may germinate all right, may, after all, pro- 
duce a crop of thick-necked, immature onions that will be nearly 
worthless. Only 
THE BEST SEED PROM THE BEST STOCK 
is safe to sow. Any other seed would be dear at a cent a pound, . 
for the difference in the seed may and often does make a differ- 
ence of hundreds of dollars in the value of the crop. 
Some years ago when onion seed and onions were both high, a 
neighbor of mine refused to pay $3.00 per pound for my seed, and. 
went into the city and bought other seed at half the price. He 
sowed it upon half an acre of good land and never harvested a 
bushel of onions. The whole crop was thick-neCks. He saved 
$4.00 on the seed and lost at least $200 on the crop, as onions 
were then worth from one dollar to one dollar and a half per 
bushel. Seed grown at the North is as a rule more reliable to pro- 
duce well-ripened onions than seed grown in a warmer climate 
where the period of growth is longer . 
To show how my onion seed is liked where it has been used, I 
am permitted to give the following letter : 
Williamson, N. Y., Dec. 29, 1888. 
Heman Glass, Esq.: 
Dear Sir— The onion seed I purchased of you last spring for 
my neighbors and myself, 60 lbs. in all, proved to be first class , 
seed and pleased us all. Your onion seed has been used in this 
vicinity for several years, and has always given the best of satis- 
faction. Onion growers here say that it is the best seed they can 
get. Respectfully yours, 
J. M. ADAMS. 
Onions can be successfully grown on any soil that is not too 
sandy or stony. In this part of the State they are largely grown 
on muck land. But such land must be well drained. I have 
found unleached wood ashes and phosphate the best fertilizers on 
muck. Apply one-half when the crop is sown, and the rest just 
before the onions begin to bottom. 
The seed should be sown in the spring as soon as the ground 
is dry enough to work. There is little danger of the seed rotting 
by sowing too early. Sow four or five pounds to the acre, in 
drills fourteen inches apart, and be careful not to let the weeds 
get a start of the onions. A few days neglect in weeding the first 
time may be fatal to the crop. Four weedings are generally nec- 
essary. They are cured or dried upon the ground, and, if the 
weather is pleasant, topped in the field. They must not be stored 
in piles, as they heat rapidly. I have a house, built partly under 
ground, for storing them, with shelves two feet apart upon which 
the onions are placed eight to ten inches deep. I have wintered 
them very successfully by freezing them, but the objection is, 
