The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-13
HOW TO GROW BERMUDA AND
CREOLE ONIONS.

The following valuable information
on how to grow Bermauda and Creole
onions is taken from one of the Texas
seed journals and was furnished US
by the Moss Pharmacy which carries
large variety and assortment OF all
kinds of seeds. The Moss Pharmacy
has in stock the Bermauda, Creole
and Western Onion seed which they
guarantee to be fresh, also they have
shallot sets. and Bermuda and
Creole onion sets. The seed
journal says:
The Onion belongs to the lily
family, and is one of the most
perfect if not the most perfect of bulbs.
While the wild Onion grows every
where in the Temperate Zone, the
Onion from which the Onion of Csm-
merce originated is undoubtedly in
digenous to, Persia. Recent discov-
cries have satisfactorily demonstrated
that the opion was used as an article
of diet over 5000 years ago, and this
carries with it evidence that it was in
an advanced stage of cultivation even
then. The builders of the Pyramids
fed their grand army of workmen on
Onions and cake something similar
to the tortilla of the Mexicans, and
no ancient army ever moved without
vast quantities of this pungent veg
etable being carried with it for the use
of the soldiers. 1t is confined to no
season, no race and no class. 1t is
found on the table of the wealthiest
and in the novels of the poorest, and
all esteem it alike.
The production has never exceeded
the demand, and it is noticeable
fact that temporary glut in the
market, with its concomitant reduction
in price, has always been followed
by an increased consumption that
speedily restored the market to a
healthy tone.
In this age, where the tendency is to
the Capitalization of population in the
cities, the consumption of this veg
etable is constantly incre asing
! Thousands of carloads are annually
shipped from the South to the North,
and we are glad to note that the larger
part of these shipments are of the
Bermuda Onion.
| There is no secret in growing
Bermuda Onions. 1t requires rich
soil, careful wedding and persistent
cultivation. With the following brie1
j directions success is possible with any
intelligent person:
SEED. 1t is absolutely essential
you have good imported seed. Oul
seed is grown especially for us on the
! Island If Teneritfe. one of the Canary
| Islands, by probably the most sue
cessful seed grower in the world
The Red Bermuda Onion will always
! come true from the seed. and is OF
| Uniform color and size. The White
| Bermuda is sport from the Red
| Bermuda. and in field you viii
! frequently find onions OF reddish
yellow tinge, caused by the natura
inclination Of a sport to revert to the
original type. Year by year these
"otf coloredn Onions are decreasing II
number, and it will be but a shor
/ time when they will be entirel,
eradicated. and the white type will b'
/ as firmly liked as the red. Th'
imported seed is received in thi
country from the latter part of Jul.
until the middle of August, by whicl
time the careful buyer has secured tn
quantity ne intends planting. Do no
delay in ordering your seed, an,
under no circumstances purchas
domestic seed, for the conditions es
sential to the proper saving" of thi
seed do not exist in this country.
THE SOFIA rather sandy soil
| highly fertilized, is essential. Wher
it can be had, chichen droppings wi
be found the best fertilizer. 1t this
not to be obtained, use rotted stabl
manure, which should be thorough
l Incorporated with the soil, whic
should be followed by a dressing Q
say, 800 to 400 pounds of our Ve1
etable Fertilizer, which should (
narrowed in lightly. This last shoul
be applied just before setting out Il
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