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Show Onion Culture In Knglnnd. Tho following culturo directions for raising a prlzo crop of onions nro given InGardon nnd Forest by Its English correspondent: cor-respondent: "Tho soil is a heavy blackish loam, resting on red clay, and It receives a tremendous dressing of stablo manuro in tho month of October, nnd, If tho weather Is dry, a good coat I ot salt; tho ground is thon trenched two jfoet deep, nnd left until tho spring, . when a top-dressing of soot Is applied. In March or April tho ground is rakod and mado ready to rocolvo tho onions, tho seed of which was sown tho last , weolc in February, in boxes, then I hardoncd o(T, nnd planted tho first wook In May, in drills eighteen lnchos apart, seven Inches boing allowed from plant to plant. Thoro nro two rows of onions, thon a path two feet wldo and two rows of onions again, and bo on. Tho beds nro top-drcssod with well-spent well-spent manuro, nnd sovernl dosos ot soot aro sown broadcast during tho season; .tho beds being woll watered in dry , weather, thoroughly soaked botwoon tho rows, tho two-foot path botweon ( each two drills bolng vory convenient ' for tho purpose This mothod of cultivation culti-vation produced tho finest bed of onions ovor grown in tho. United Kingdom. Hundreds of bulbs could bo picked wolghlng from a pound to a pound and 1 a half each, and scores from two : pounds to 2 pounds a dozen bulbs scaled 28 pounds, and six bulbs 15 J pounds. Am. Agriculturist. |