Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-09-19
ONION RAISING.
How 20 Obtain the neat R&aAlAs, And Hew
to Catch ths rfikhtat Market With
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Experiments conducted At the station
in 1880 and 1890, fully demonstrated
that much IL to be gained by sowing
onion seed In tho green.house or hot
bed in February or March and trans.
planting tho young plants into the
open ground in April or May. As
compared with onions grown by the
ordinary method the trans-plsnted
ones were from fifty to ono hundred
per cent. ahead In size and total mark
etable product. A marked difference
has been observed in varieties, how
ever, as to their sdaptsbility to this
method Of treatment. An extended
and careful study OF varieties has been
made the past season, with reference
to their adaptability to transplanting.
The following are some Of tho most
important results OF the investigation {:
EARLY VARIETIES.
These require separate mention for
the reason that "a . class they are
peculiarly adapted to trsnsplanting.
Nearly all arc white and very much
aattened. Some attain FIVE inches in
diameter and less than tive inches In
thickness. II sown In February aud
transplanted into the open ground as
early rs 1t can be worked In the spring,
punching In May and June, or nearly
a. os,lx lxy
the first OF July they are ripe enough
Both IN the green and dry state they
from sets and sell for higher price.
In these early onions the greatest
profit is found rs they not only bring
fancy prices, but tho crop can be
cleared from the ground in time for
celery, or other fall crops: Tho varie-
ties best adapted to tho purpose are
Barlctta, Marzajola, Pearl and Ber-
muda. The first named 10 sold under
various names, such as Extra Early
Barletta, Adriatic Barletta, New Early
Adriatic, Bloomsdale Pearl, New
Queen, Early Radish, etc. Barletta Is
the earliest OF those named, but Mar
zajola is only two weeks later and
much larger. These two are the best
OF the early sorts.
SECOND EARLY AND LATE VARIETIES.
These classes are not easily separat-
ed although there Is considerable
difference between the extreme\ in
time of ripening. Some Of the second
early sorts, such as Danvers, Wethers-
field, Michigan and White Globe do
not respond SO readily to this method
of treatment IS the extreme early and
late sorts. They have, in every
instance, given increased yields by
transplanting, but the gain is less than
with some OF the early and late sorts.
On upland soil, however, where
onion growing is somewhat precarlOus
and uncertain, trausplanting pays even
with these varieties.
OF the second early and late sorts
those that give the best results by th'
method are White Victoria Prize
taker, Rocca and Pompeii. Prizetaker
is also known as Maulis Prizetaker,
and the Spanish King Of some dealers
is the same, while others 1t Is quite
different. Rocca is also known as
Giant Red Rocca and New Giant Rocca.
POmpeii comes under various LANES
such as Giant Pompeii, Red Mammoth
Pom peii and Mammoth Pompeii.
Rocca and Pompeii possess consider
able merit, but both are SO badly
mixed with other varieties rs to make
them quite unsatisfactory. White
Victoria and Prizetaker are the best OF
all the varieties, for the general crop,
thus far tested. Both attain large
size, frequently weighing more than q
pound each. They have, at the station,
in several instances yielded 1t the rate
of fifteen hundred bushels per acre,
and two thousand bushels per acre il
quite within the bounds Of possibility