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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 14, 
BUNCH ONIONS. 
N. B., Wesson, Miss .—<1 desire information 
regarding bunch onion culture. Will the 
White Multiplier do? How many onions are 
put in a bunch and what size should the 
onions be? Will it pay to use the ordinary 
white sets, and if so how many bushels does 
it require to the acre? Do you know any¬ 
thing of the Welsh onion? In what kind of 
packages should they be shipped? 
Ans. —Onions for bunching are raised 
cither by sets, which are small dry onions 
grown the previous year, or from seed. 
When grown from sets they should be 
planted out as early in the Spring as the 
ground is dry enough to work. They 
should be planted in rows one foot apart, 
with sets three or four inches apart in the 
rows. Onions when grown from sets in 
this way can be used in the green state 
for bunching from six to eight weeks from 
time of planting. The onion crop is of 
value to the market gardener, because they 
can be pulled and bunched when quite 
young or partly developed, and thus put 
on the market, or they can be allowed to 
mature and sold by the basket, and will 
often give better returns than when sold 
by the bunch. When small green onions 
are bunched from seven to nine may be re¬ 
quired for a bunch; later, when larger, 
five to seven will be sufficient. A long ex¬ 
perience enables me to say that onions 
when grown from sets are not a profitable 
crop to raise where one is obliged to buy 
the sets at the high price which we are 
often compelled to pay for them. There¬ 
fore those who plant onions extensively in 
this way are invariably induced by the 
high prices to grow their own sets, and 
not only enough to supply their own needs, 
but a surplus that can always be disposed 
of to good advantage. 
Growing Sets. —The selection of the 
soil is of the most importance. It should 
be of a sandy nature, and a top-dressing 
of some good fertilizer is the best to use 
for this purpose, for it is free from weeds, 
and for this reason manure should be 
avoided. The seed is sown thickly in rows 
12 inches apart, and to have a good crop 
the plants should stand pretty thick in the 
rows, for the aim is to grow the bulbs of 
less than one-half inch in diameter. Cul¬ 
tivation is given in the usual way, and all 
weeds are pulled by hand without thinning 
the crop. When the tops begin to die 
down rake in windrows five or six rows 
together, and when dry enough take under 
shelter and spread out to dry. At the ap¬ 
proach of cold weather they may be stored 
in shallow open crates and protected from 
alternate freezing and thawing. The 
number of bushels required for an acre 
depends on the size of the sets and the 
distance at which they are planted. The 
small sets are decidedly the best to use, and 
it will require about eight or 10 bushels of 
these small bulbs to plant one acre of 
ground. Our list of varieties is quite 
large, but the White Portugal or Silver- 
skin is considered the best and more reli¬ 
able to grow for bunch onions. They are 
pure silvery white, very attractive and of 
excellent quality. The White Multiplier 
for first early Spring bunching is very 
popular, and enormously productive, fre¬ 
quently producing 12 or 15 bulbs in a sin¬ 
gle cluster from one bulb planted, and is 
ready for market very early. They are in¬ 
creased by the bulbs splitting up and di¬ 
viding themselves into six or eight small 
bulbs, which in turn form the sets to plant 
for the next crop. The Welsh onion does 
not form a bulb, but the plants are peren¬ 
nials, and can remain in the ground for 
years. They can be grown from seed or 
increased by dividing the crown. The 
Multipliers and shallots and others of 
this genus are useful for bunching only, 
and as the first early, but I have found 
them of little value after the White Por¬ 
tugal and other fine varieties of their type 
make their appearance in the markets. 
T. M. WHITE. 
Varied Fertilizer Questions. 
IT. B. 8.. Westfield, N. J .—I have a field, 
say about three-quarters acre, which has 
been in sod for several years, how many 
I do not know, for I have hut recently 
bought the place. Last Fall I had it plowed 
and wish to plant it this season in sweet 
corn. I am advised by some of my farmer 
friends to use no fertilizer. What is your 
advice on the subject? If fertilizer is neces¬ 
sary what kind is best? I have another 
piece of ground adjoining an old apple 
orchard •which was in the same condition as 
the first piece, and which was treated in the 
same way. I wish to extend the orchard, 
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Can I put this in potatoes the first year in 
which the trees are growing, and what kind 
of fertilizer would you advise there? Is the 
plan a good one? In another plot which I 
am going to use as a general vegetable garden 
(it has been in such use before, though last 
year neglected after planting) is there any¬ 
thing better than stable manure to use for 
fertilizing? 
Ans. —It is often possible to grow a 
good crop of sweet corn on a sod alone. 
We have found that it usually pays to add 
300 pounds or more of some good corn 
fertilizer. Sweet corn responds quickly to 
fertilizer. We would use one of the 
ready-mixed brands. It is a good plan 
to raise potatoes among the young apple 
trees, provided you cultivate so as not to 
bark the trees. Use a potato fertilizer— 
at least 1,000 pounds per acre. On soil 
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rotted stable manure is excellent. The 
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