The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-13
onion sets aud onion GrogyIng.

. | saw in the Morning News some time
last year that onion sets could be grown
in the south, and the winter allowed
truckers to grow their own sets. ] laid
away the paper containing the article.
but, as it always happens with me- / put
it away so carefully that ! cannot find it
now, when I would like to refer to it.
VIII you please Inform ne:
l. Can l SOW the secds as late as May
% with any chcnce Of making a fair crop
of sets?
?. How is the best way to preserve the
sets until time 10 plant them?
J. When is the best time to plant so as
to make the earliest onion TO be market
ed IN a green state in the spring?
4. Can grow "A crop of onions by merely
sowing the black seed where the crop is
to grow?
.. When is the best time to sow the
seeds?
G. Which is the best fat white onion and
the best round onion? II.
Yes. onion sets can be grown in The
south as well as they can be grown any
where. If one prefers to grow a crop by
using sets instead Of growing the crop
from the seeds or using plants Just as you
would do in growing crop of celery or
cabbage il is easy enough, and we think
1t is desirable TO grow ones own sets
We are not aware of any sowlngs made
as late as 10th of May. 1t would require
the very incest care and management to
make a success of a sowing as late as this.
and we would not advise you to do so ex-
cept IN small way If you have or can
procure perfectly fresh seeds, you might
try a pound for the sake of the expert
ment.
On one occasion we grew small quanti-
ty of sets from a planting made as late as
the first week in April The result was
such as to confirm the decision that if the
sowing could not be made by the 18th Of
March il would not De made at all. The
fight with the Wpqdg 10
The proper time to SOW Is from February
l to March /, the earlier the better
If we used sets AT all we should certainly
raise them, but much the best plan for
growing onions is to SOW the seeds and
when the plants get large enough set
them out. 1t takes little more time to
put out plants than is required for the sets
but the difference in time and care is am
ply COMPENSATED for in the end. As every
gardener knows onions grown from north
ern sets are much disposed to shoot TO
seed instead of building down along in
Nav and it is frequently the case that the
crop is totally ruined from this cause This
is not the case when the crop is grown from
plants.
%. In growing sets. as soon as the tops
show signs of turning yellow they should
be pulled up and allowed to remain on the
ground for several days to cure. Then they
should be taken up and spread out in some
dry place, a cool loft or under some house.
60 They should be planted out in Sep
TENDER and December, in rows, 2 feet apar-
and inches apart in the row.
"a Yes as above stated.
% Fresh seeds should be sown in Sep
TENDER to make plants to be set out in Oc-
tobcr and November. Another sowing
should be made in December in cold frames
to make plants for putting out in Janu-
airy and February Fresh seeds Of the Ital-
ian kinds sown in suitable soil early in
February make if properly cultivated, fine
onions in July.
90 The New Queen is an excellent early
fat kind The Rocca is a large late variety
of globula shapes. The most important
thing in onion culture Is to secure fresh
seeds, fertile seeds that will grow and
they should be sown Tricky enough to in
sure a stand. We have found that home
grown sets are not near so likely to throw
up seed stalks prematurely in the spring
as those that are brought from the north,
but we repeat that there is no need for US
ing them as onions can be grown from the
black seeds as we'll here as anywhere