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Show Onion selection based on purposes, choices Onions used in combination com-bination with the Yellow Sweet Spanish type for earlier maturity include hybrids such as early Yellow Globe and Brigham Yellow Globe that have medium-long day length requirements and Imperial Spanish or Peckham's Spanish and Cochise Brown that are even earlier. remember that the bulbing reaction with the earlier varieites will occur earlier. It is important im-portant to plant them as early as possible when the soil dries out in the spring, Hamson said. To encourage rapid, early growth of onions, he advised fertilizing them with nitrogen balanced with phosphorous. Ample fertilizer will help in development of large bulbs in the bulbing type of onions and for mild, tender, succulent qualities in those used as green onions. He does caution against having excess nitrogen on bulbing onions late in the season as it will cause them to grow so large that they will be soft and will not store well. I Since onion roots are just under the bulb quite near the soil surface, attention will be needed to keep adequate moisture near the onions throughout most of the growing season. When the bulbs are nearly mature, remove the water to let the soil dry in preparation for harvest. Plan to harvest them when about 50 percent of the tops have fallen over. Hamson explained that a considerable amount of the increase in bulb size occurs in the last few weeks of growth as the food material translocates tran-slocates from the tops into the bulbs. Avoid harvesting them too early if you want this growth. If you grow bulb type onions for storage, the extension specialist advises that you plan for appropriate care in harvesting and storing them. The process includes in-cludes digging the bulbs, cutting off the tops about one inch from the bulbs, hold the onions in a shaded area with good ventilation at approximately ap-proximately 80 degrees farenheit for two weeks, nMnHMnMmnM CEDAR CITY - When growing onions in your garden, you have a choice of types and varieties for different purposes and different time requirements. Dr. Alvin R. Hamson, extension horticulturist, Utah State University, suggests that for storage you can grow globular-shaped globular-shaped onions such as the Yellow Sweet Spanish that was developed in the 1920s by Dr. Alma Wilson of the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station or one of the newer hybrids developed from it. To eat fresh from the garden as scallions (green onions) , you can grow varieties such as Evergreen White Bunching planted from seed as early as possible or Ebenezer planted as sets. For pickling, you can plant small white onions such as Crystal White Wax. The Yellow Sweet Spanish or Utah White Sweet Spanish onions are desired by many Utahns for their mildness. They were developed foi growing along the Wasatch Front in Utah. The hybrid Snow White, also developed at the Utah Agricultural Experiment Ex-periment Station, is an early producing mild white onion. Even milder and sweeter is the variety Walla Walla that may be grown from seed in Utah. V I I" I ii 1 ; Dave DeLaMare and t'olene Hansen Institute gr ads receive awards deaths. The basis for selecting the recipients are on strength of character, being a good student, modest leadership and a sense of spiritual and moral values. DeLaMare is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Donlon P. DeLaMare of Salt Lake City. Hansen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris C. Hansen of Sandy, Utah. Both are graduating from Southern Utah State College this spring. CEDAR CITY Dave DeLaMare and Colene Hansen were recipients of the Sargent Manhood and Womanhood awards at the annual Cedar City LDS Institute graduation Sunday. These awards have been presented annually to outstanding institute graduates since 1969, made possible by a grant from Mr. and Mrs. David L. Sargent, and have i been continued by the family since the couple's |