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ONIONS ON THE PACIFIC COAST 
U NRIVALED local conditions of soil and climate make 
most of the Pacific Coast particularly suitable for 
growing fine onions. Along the lower regions of the 
Golden State’s coast valleys and on the moist river lands 
in the interior they thrive to perfection. Wherever a 
good supply of quickly available plant food is stored in 
the soil and plenty of moisture helps the plants, fresh, 
green onions may be had the year around and crops of 
50,000 pounds of bulbs per acre are recorded frequently. 
Where spring rams are light, seeds are generally sown 
early in February. Where late rainfalls are abundant, 
sowing may be deferred until surface cultivation has killed 
most of the annual weeds. The directions of how to sow 
and cultivate the crop, as given on pages 105-108, are 
applicable to Pacific Coast conditions as well. Loam, 
peat, and alluvial soils grow great crops of onions without 
further fertilization. 
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