The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-04-03

Tich's Floral Guide, published by James
Wick, Rochester, N. Y, has the following
in relation to growing onions:
To grow good crop IF onions from seed
requires considerable care. Tie seed
must be got in early, so that it can hsxe
the benefit Of the cool, wet weathd6
spring. The soil must be rich, clean
in good condition every way. The o1ia.sl
makes its growth carly before hot wealth
and in this section if the bulbs are ~
well formed end the crop is not pretty vi
secured by the middle of July, it may be
considered failure. This shows the ne
cessity of early planting and rich soil
that will induce rapid growth. The kinds
usually grown in this country for gener-
al crop are the LGrgc Rsa, n large, fati
dullish red onion, building well and pro-
ducing good crop, thought to be little
coarse, but a very good onion. The Largd3
Yello,c, very much like the Large Red, ex-
cept in color. 1t was formerly called Yel-
lon Dutch. The Wether$feM Red has some,
what superseded the Large Red. It is
brighter in color, some earlier, and in evh
cry way good sort The Dancers Yellot
in an excellent onion, smooth, pretty earl
and growing bulbs readily. A white fol-
eign onion, White Portugal, is now some
what extensively grown on account Of it's
color. 1t does not usually bulb so readily
as the others, though we have seen excel
lent crops under favorable circumstances.
1t has always been considered next to i'm
possible to grow onions from seed in the
South, the hot weather checking their
growth before bulbs arc formed. The usu-
oil in ha ;,
ONION SETS.
These are small onions, about the size of
large peas. The seed is sown in the spring
in broad rows and very thick, in fact, so
thick that they have not space to make q
fair growth. The result is n large quaint.
ty Of stuntcd onions, that are taken up in
July and dried thoroughly on the ground.
They arc then stored away to be sold for
planting the following spring. These,
when planted in the spring. produce good
onions, and are used extensively in the
| South. 1872
OTHER PLANS FOR ONION GROWING.
We have always considered this very
bungling way of getting crop of onions,
hardly up to the intelligence OF the times,
and so We have tried various experiments,
and the result is we have some plans which
we recommend for trial, not only at the
South but by all who have had difficulty
in getting a crop Of onions. Sow seed in
a good high and dry place, in August,
pretty thick, and by the time winter sets
in they will he about the size of goose
quilts. Let them remain in the ground
until spring, and as carly us the ground
can be got ready, transplant them. From
such transplanted young onions We have
never failed to get an excellent crop OF rnu 4
sual size. Not enc will fail to form a
good bulb Some may be destroyed bN
the winter, but enough will be left. In
the North it will be best to cover lightlv
with coarse manure. OF cOurse, the trans
planting is some trouble, hut the wedding
is nothing compared with the usual prac-
tCe
Another method is to SOW the seed qui,es
thick in Il hot-bed, about the first of March, 1
in this latitude. Glass will be necessary
only fc weeks, SO that by the time il
is required for other things it will he free.
At the usual time for sowing onion seed,
these young onions in the hotbcd arc rea-
dy to transplant. Every one will grow and
form large bulb.