}J. G. Hastings d’ Co., Seedsmen^ Atlanta, Ga. 
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Growing Onions from 6^eeci. 
The difference between onions grown from good seed and those grown from the cheap grades sold by most dealers and 
from the boxes of seed left to he sold on commission is well brought out by the illustration above. It tells the whole story 
better than words can. Good onion seed such as we sell produces good onions, the other is bound to produce a crop of 
‘thick necks” or “Scallions.” There is no crop grown (cabbage alone excepted) where the necessity for pure, high grade 
seed is so great. You must have the best seed to make a good crop. You never get a crop of “Scallions” from Hastings*^^ 
Onion Seed. 
CULTURE 
Most people think that onions cannot be grown from seed in one season here. This is a mistake. 
Sow the seed thinly in drills as soon as ground can be worked in spring, or earlier still in protected 
beds from which they can be transplanted early in the season. YTiere onions are to be grown to full size they should stand 
six inches apart in the row. As soon as the plants get well up give them thorough and frequent shallow cultivation. Never 
let weeds and grass get a start. If you do the onions will die down in the “set” size, but if kept cultivated they will gO’ 
on to full maturity. They will mature in from six to seven months from seed in this section. Onions from seed are of bet- 
ter shape and keep better than ones grown from sets. Onion seed in onr soils should not be covered more than half an 
inch. When bulbs begin to form begin drawing away the earth, leaving the bulb about half exposed. This quickens 
formation of the bulb and gives chance for better development. With good seed, good soil and thorough and frequent 
cultivation success is almost certain. 
Hastings’ Genuine Bermuda Onion. 
There is no onion in the world equal to the Genuine Bermuda for earliness and fine flavor. The rank, and, to many 
people, the offensive odor, is entirely lacking in these. So very mild are these that they can be eaten raw like an apple. 
Our illustration is from a photograph of a group of Bermuda onions, T'eighing eight pounds and five ounces, harvested just 
six months after the seed was sown. They are heavy croppers and splendid keepers and are easily grown as a spring crop 
from seed planted early in this section. We are entirely sold out of White Bermuda, but can supply seed of the Bermuda 
Pale Red, which is identical with the white iu all respects except color. If you have never grown the Bermuda try some 
of it this spring. Its quality is something away ahead of anything you have had before. Packet, 5 cents; half ounce, 15/ 
cents; ounce, 25 cents; quarter pound, 75 cents; pound, §2.50. 
