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Harvesting a fine crop of Burrell’s Yellow Valencia Onions. _ Note 
the onions in the pile row, the collapsible field crates and in the 
background onions crated and stacked in the field to cure before 
hauling to storage, 

CULTIVATION 
As soon as the onions are large enough so that the rows can 
be seen, begin cultivating very shallow and as close to the 
rows as possible without damaging the plants. Cultivate every 
week to ten days until the bulbs have started to develop. 
Here a special weeder made from clock spring with handle, 
is used for removing grass and weeds from the row. Do not 
cover the onions with soil when hoeing or cultivating. 
If under irrigation; irrigate every week to 10 days until the 
crop is matured or up to about 10 days before harvest. Here 
we irrigate 1% to 14 times and cultivate 10 to 12 times. 
Furrows must be large enough to irrigate without flooding. 
Flooded onions will not bulb properly. 
GATHERING 
As soon as the tops die in the fall, the bulbs should be pulled 
and about four rows put together in each windrow. AS soon as 
the tops are dried, cut about one-half inch from the bulb 
with shears and put into field crates. Stack crates in piles of 
about one truckload each and protect top crates from weather. 
When thoroughly cured, run over grader, sort out scallions 
and damaged bulbs and store in onion house. Stack so that 
the best of ventilation is assured. Keep dry and as near a uni- 
form temperature just above 32 degrees as is possible. Repeated 
freezing and thawing will spoil the bulbs. Very early onions 
are grown by the transplanting method, the seed being sown 
in frames or beds and the small onions transplanted, when the 
size of a small lead pencil, to the field rows. 
The tops of some Sweet Spanish Onions remain green right 
up until time it is necessary to harvest. The onions may then 
be pulled and allowed to remain in windrows long enough for 
drying down the tops. 
GREEN ONIONS DURING WINTER 
If you would like to have green onions during the winter 
time, try planting the seed early enough in the fall to grow 
plants about the size of a lead pencil. These may then be 
pulled before freezing weather sets in and trenched like celery. 
(See Page 20.) 
“All-America” Winner 193%. Burrell’s Yellow Valencia won an 
award of merit and it- justly deserves planting by those wishing 
the very best in large Yellow Globe, long keeping onions. 
