inches (all per square yard) superphosphate at 2 ounces, 
steamed bone flour at 2 ounces, wood ashes at 4 lb. and soot. 
at 1 lb. or use instead a good proprietary fertiliser with 
organic base. 
Firm soil before sowing seed. 
- Onions require plenty of water for germination. If 
necessary, remove P.M.Gs. and water ground direct. 
Fall sowing.— For bunching only. 
Choose soil well manured for previous crop. Sow seed 
early in August. Rows 9 inches apart, drills $ inch deep. 
Either cover immediately with P.M.Gs. or cover early 
October. Salad onions are thus available very early Spring. 
Spring sowing 
February sowings in rows 4 inches apart under P.M.Gs. 
Drills } an inch deep. Space: out seeds to 1 inch, apart, 
whitening with lime first. Grow under P.M.Gs, till April. 
‘Second or third week plant out in rows | foot plants 9 inches 
in rows. 
OR seed may be sown in February or March where plants 
are to grow. Drills } inch deep. Three seeds sown at 6 inch 
intervals. Seedlings thinned down to one if all three grow. 
P.M.Gs. left in position until leaves touch glass, May then 
be left to grow in open. 
Whatever transplanting is done must be done shallowly 
After transplanting, sprinkle flaked naphthalene along rows 
to keep away onion fly. To help harvesting, bend over necks 
of plants in July and August. 
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