New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-09-08
POINTS ABOUT ONIONS.
Especially Prepared for the Enterprise.

OF all the garden truck grown this louisiana
onion the sures and most profitable If proper attention and
winter cauhower cabbage and other vegetables killed
cold The onion crop is generally safe
There why family a
patch of onions shao aud parsley they always needed
pecaiy when one lives any distance from market
The selection of soil onions profaby the greatest
porance as we have already said in previous issue At
circumstances If the land erlze with Oed stable
There are many varieties of onions Only few will succeed in
making bulbs in this latitude useless try any other the
following varieties as will be loss of time. Creole Cys-
tai Wax. g. Bermuda 1. White Queen.
The Creole the best keeping
qualities but 1t Is not AS early as others
throws up few seed stalks Creole
The White Queen small flat bulb mild
her than the above mentioned varieties Seeds be late
March and will make bulbs This is he onion to make pickles
The time seeds the September
the 18th of October aud plants large quill they
embe to the LIST of January If set out later they likely
Onions also Only set will
make bulbs do not attempt TO try raise bulbs from Northern
grown sesn this latitude Others have tried and failed They will
only make tops, but will not only
plant shalots which you will find more profitable.
As of subscribers have read article
issue sowing seeds requested repubs
select piece OF Lana you wish to utilize as seed bed Get
look around for ant hills Destroy the ants by pouring boiling
your feet wide aud as long as necessary
according the quantity of seeds be after the beds ped
AS there always travelling looking something
to carry the best hngto do their
the seeds Spread some fine grts little distance
beds Also set out with That will
them busy Otherwise they will carry off all
Sow seeds evenly aud not thick water with sprinkler Cover
seeds with puverzed dirt the hand
the soil gently with board to firm the seeds.
The seed beds have be shaded until the seeds
will be about 10 or 10 days. Spread
boards sacks about inches from the Uncover
Should there do
will the and will
Water often until
About the end of November the LIST Of Deem
ting out In taking plants of the seed bed
the roots and tops are trimmed before setting out.
Stretch lines about lS nch apart Set plants inches
distant in line.
As plants taken
keeping off and weeds Be careful
off between plants used garden trowe butcher
Two raise onions from planting September to-
December. Observe rules
January good sized bulbs found.
The requires liberal Of plant food n the
aiabe form the quantity and quality manure cabbage
and other garden vegetable would
of would be
acre Thoroughly than two sparingy.
As illustration what of land well prepared will do
will mention
Last Ellie Pesson New Ibera) OF creole
onion seed costing 20 made bbs of large
barrels at "a 90 barrel The balance he kept bis family
from | of seeds
If of seeds will make lbs will make bbs
81 bb at So 90 would be 1852 90
The object to have early the
finds ready sale.
Another instance shown where crystal onion seeds
planted experiment AS the
tried the result equally good were pure white
large and well Snapped, weighing from to 10
Many will that only small piece of land
not get the result from acre. Why
enton land well ferzed thorough
3 bound to follow.