HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
ONIONS— MAKING SURE OF THE CROP 
V/t7"HERE conditions of soil and season are favorable 
' * the seedlings will be four to six inches tall within 
six weeks after seeds are sown. They should then be 
thinned to stand four inches apart in the row and the soil 
should be thoroughly stirred between them. 
The seedlings that are pulled out should be saved 
and the sturdiest transplanted into rows that are now 
bare, after bearing other crops. Cut back the tops to 
within three inches of base and set seedlings about three 
to four inches apart, being sure to first thoroughly water 
the bottom of each furrow. 
After every subsequent weeding, which will be necessary 
about every other week, apply a complete fertilizer or 
wood ashes along each row, right next to the plants. Two 
handfuls to every fifteen feet of row will be about right 
and this should be kept up until middle of August. Do 
not hill onion rows. The nature of the plant requires 
that the bulbs expand partly above the ground. 
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