The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-02

sown rather thinly. and the plants
should be thinned out as soon as a
stand Is well assured. 80 that they will
stand three inches apart In the rows.
Harvesting ind Curing.
When the tops turn yellow and be-
gin to fall over. tho onions should BIO
pulled and let lie I'm the sun all day,
and then removed to the hottest loft
on the place and spread out. with n
good circulation OF air. Leave the tops
them. tops and ALL to n cool. dark place.
They will lie more loosely and will
Keep better with the dry tops left on.
and the tops should not be removed
till the onions are wanted for use or
sale. Keep them in n cool place In
winter, for little freezing will do no
harm II they are not handled while
frozen. but too warm place will make
them sprout. and then, too. they Will
sprout more quickly IL the tops are
taken Off than II left on.
Varieties of Onions.
For green onions. use sets OF the
Norfolk Queen and the Yellow Potato
onion. For large. early ripe onions. the
Spanish and Italian sorts. and for the
general crop OF bookkeeping onions.
use the New England sorts. or these. l
prefer the Southport Yellow and White
Globe The Yellow Globe Danvers is
also fine. and for q red onion use the
Red Wethersfeld seed. If you buy
sets for planting. always buy Eastern
grown ones, for the Western grow
sets will not do In the East. They sim
ply grow a majority OF thick necks or
scalllons. while the Eastern grown
ones made good bulbs.
Acid Phosphate and Dissolved Rock.
correspondent in the Underwater
section asks: rs there any difference
between dissolved South Carolina rock
and acid phosphate, and ia one as good
for fertilizer as tho other!" These
are simply different names for the
same thing. The phosphate rock is
ground and dissolved in sulphuric acid.
and this makes Il superphosphate that
IL commonly called acid phosphate. and
of course. one is as good as the other,
being the same thing.
bermuda and Prizetnker Onions.
Have you ever planted sets OF the
Bermuda onion and the Prizetaker in
the fall to grow onions for spring user
| have never planted sets Of the Ber-
muda onion at any time. But l have
grown them from spring sown seeds
in fine shape. and they are an early
fiat onion OF good quality. They have
gotten the name OF Bermuda onions
from the fact that they are grown
largely in Bermuda, hut the seed are
all produced In the Island OF Teneriffe.
one OF the Canary Islands. These
onions are now grown more largely
In Southwest Texas than III bermuda,
and very large trade has grown up
there. Sets OF this onion l assume.
would be damaged by the winter here
IL planted In the fall.
l have tried the growing of the
Prizetaker or Denia onion by sowing
seed in early September and transplant
Ing them later. and II the winter is
/ like the last one they will do fairly
we'll. but in the winter of 13l1-1o they
were killed. In fact. all fall-planted
sets were seriously damaged that win
ter. | prefer TO grow the PriZetaker
and other Spanish onions by sowing
seed in n frame under glass In late
January. and transplanting the plants
in March. Treated III this way they
make rcry large onions. / have HAD
specimens Of this onion sent me from
oregon and from New Mexico that were
grown from fall-sown seed. and these
; averaged over n pound each ! have
| tried sets or the Spanish onions, bu;
prefer the sowing and transplantinE
method.
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