Onions. 
8'.) 
Sown  March,  1903.  Yield,  26  tons  per  acre. 
Fig.  11.  - Onions,  “Rousham  Park  Hero.” 
(Stable  manure  and  mixed  chemical  manure) 
the  plant  shows  itself  clearly  in  lines,  then  the  hoes  are  set  to 
work  and  no  weeds,  large  or  small,  are  tolerated  until  the 
crop  is  harvested. 
At  the  end  of  May  and  early  in  June  the  Onions  are  retidy 
for  thinning.  This  is  effected  by  hand,  and  the  plants  are  left 
at  not  more — fretpiently  at  less — than  three  inches  apart. 
When  the  bulbs  of  the  Onions  meet  in  a straioht  line  they 
C*  «. 
move  slightly  to  either  side  where  there  is  abundance  of  space, 
and  the  result  is  a large  croj)  of  irseful-sized  Onions  averaging 
three  to  three  and  a half  inches  in  diameter. 
A few  Onions  are  annually  sown  in  July  for  producing 
bulbs  of  a very  large  size  for  use  in  the  following  summer  ; but 
as  knowledge  extends  it  is  found  that  as  fine  bulbs  are  obtained 
from  .seed  sown  under  glass  in  December  and  January,  and  this 
cour.se  is  becoming  the  more  ])opular.  The  latter  are  sown  in 
pots,  boxe.s,  or  ])ans  under  the  conditions  mentioned,  and  are 
j)lanted  out  of  doors  early  in  April  upon  very  rich  soil,  and  at 
nine  to  twelve  inches  apart  in  the  rows.  Bulbs  of  this  kind 
may  be,  grown  weighing  from  a ])ound  and  a half  to  nearly 
three  pounds  each. 
