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ONIONS— AS GROWN FROM SEEDS 
T>ECAUSE of the ease with which large bulbs are 
raised from seeds in one season, few planters start 
with sets, excepting to secure extra early green onions. 
Five times as many onions may be grown from a packet 
of seeds at one-fifth the cost than from a quart of sets. 
It all depends whether or not you are willing to do 
the work required to grow onions from seeds. For while, 
as described on pages 106-107, the various tasks required 
are simple enough, they are surely tedious and must be 
done at the proper time, or results will be disappointing. 
There is practically no limit in choice of kinds you may 
grow. If small, white onions of very mild flavor are 
desired, you may count on gathering them in about three 
months after seeds are sown. The larger, yellow sorts 
are ready in 125 to 130 days from date of sowing. They 
will be of stronger flavor, but also better keepers. Among 
the red onions we find both extra early and late sorts. 
All red onions keep best but are strongest. 
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