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The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners 
ONIONS FOR SPRING SOWING. 
DANIELS' GOLDEN GLOBE. 
DANIELS’ GOLDEN GLOBE. One o! the finest types ol Globe Onion in cultivation. The bulbs are ol true globular 
shape with bright golden yellow skin ; the flesh is very solid and ol mild flavour. It produces a very heavy crop ol fine, 
handsome bulbs, and is one of the best keepers. A most useful variety for all purposes. Per pkt. Is. ; per oz. 2s. 3d. 
NUNEHAM PARK. Muoh recommended, bulba of fine globular 
shape and of good keeping quality . . per pkt. 6d. 1 0 
BROWN GLOBE. Very useful, heavy cropper . . ,, 6d. 1 0 
DANIELS’ -BLOOD RED. Fine rich colour, very hardy . . „ 8d. 1 9 
WHITE SPANISH. Ordinary stock. A heavy cropper, flesh very 
firm, and keeps well . . . . . . per pkt. 6d. 1 6 
STRASBURGH or DEPTFORD. Well known . . . . . . 1 4 
} er oz. — s, cl 
WHITE SPANISH, Portugal or Reading. A finely selected stook, 
producing a very heavy crop of handsome bulbs, of first-class 
keeping quality .. .. .. per pkt. 9d. 2 0 
ZITTEAU GIANT YELLOW. A magnificent variety with fine yellow 
skin, and grows to a large size, the bulbs are of handsome 
appearance and excellent quality, remains sound till June. 
Ma y also be sown with advantage in Autumn per pkt. 9d. 2 0 
MIXED, all sorts for Spring sowing . . . . „ Cd. 1 4 
Cultivation.— Thore are few vegetable crops upon which so much care is expended as the Onion, and during recent years its oulture has received much 
more attention than was formerly the case When the seed can be raised in January in heat (thereby obtaining an early start) it is possible to grow bulbs 
ot equal size to those grown from soed sown the previous Autumn ; about the last week in January is the time for the earliest sowing. 
oow the seed in boxes or pots in fine soil, a good mixture being two parts of good loam to one part of decomposed manure, or leaf soil. When tlio 
young p ants are about three inches high prick them off into boxes, and give all the light possible, gradually admitting air, and hardening as the days 
lengthen, until the time arrives for planting out in the beds about the middle of April. The earliest sowing out of doors should bo made in February 
ana the mam sowing of all kinds in March. - 
, 1110 ^oateat care should be taken in preparing the Onion bed, the ground being thoroughly raked over, all the stones oleared off, and a perfectly fine 
surfaco obtained and the soil made quite firm. Sow the seeds very evenly in shallow drills about eighteen inches apart and carefully cover (he seed by 
putting the sol from the side of the drills with the feet. The whole bed should then be well trodden down both down the bed and across as well after 
this again rake the soi level and little further work is necessary beyond keeping the hoe going and thinning out the plants when the time arrives. 
.1J, ® 8 P 0o,all y fine bulbs are required it is not advisable to thin too muoh. To prevent an attack of Onion Maggot in a dry season, a good watering 
with limo water will be found to be of much service. ’ ° 
Great care, is necessary in harvesting the Onion crop. It is a good plan to bend over the tops of the plants in August by going over the plants 
individually, this will assist, the ripening of the bulbs. Onions require to be thoroughly ripened before being taken off the ground and should, therefore 
ho pulled about, the middle of September and turned over on the ground every two or three days for a fortnight, when they should be gathered into an 
airy shed in readiness for roping together, this being the best method of storing them for Winter use. 
“ My crop of Onions last year from your Golden Globe Seed was all that could be 
desired." — Mr. D. CHAPLIN, Haverhill. 
" I have grown your Onion, Golden Globe, for several years now, and have had a 
sp.endld bed again this year. It is a fine keeper, of good shape and good quality.” 
Mr. A. WOODHOUSE, Lethoringsett. 
” It may interest you to know that I took First Prize at the Sudbury and Wembley 
Show with nine Golden Rocca Onions.”— Mr. ROWLAND LANE, Wembley. 
" I bad quite a nice crop of Onions from the Autumn sowing this year • all the crons 
are very good."— Mr. J. SIMMONDS, Ycntnor 1 
