The Cultivation of Vegetables 93 
be at their best by a certain date. Care and strict observa- 
tion are necessary in timing any of our crops for a certain 
date, but it must be given by those who wish to exhibit. 
Varieties — 
Sutton’s Prizewinner 
Dobbie’s Champion Scarlet Runner 
Giant White 
THE ONION 
The Onion is a very important crop in the kitchen 
garden, and some care must be taken with it to ensure 
a supply of this most whole- 
some vegetable during the 
whole of the year. 
They are very deep-root- 
ing, and also very gross-feeding 
plants, therefore the soil must 
or 
the winter, putting in a good 
layer of cow manure to each 
spit, and leaving the surface as 
rough as possible in ridges ex- 
posed to the action of the frost. 
The spring crop should be sown towards the end of 
March, if the soil can be got into the proper condition. 
On a fine day the ridges should be broken down with 
the fork, a good dressing of soot applied and raked in 
roughly, after which it should be made thoroughly firm by 
treading it down. This will break up the clods. Then 
it should be raked over finely, the ground marked out at 
be thoroughly trenched 2 
3 ft. deep, if possible duri 
Onions 
