| Show production OF ONION SETS industry is now receiving more general attention than formerly market la Is wide cy AV IL the term set bet as an applied to the onion anlon indicates a undersized bulb which when replanted in the ground will produce a large onion this method ot of producing onions la is perhaps the old oldest eat and now the most universally employed tor for the growing ot of small areas of onions in the garden and where art aa early crop Is desired the common method of producing sets la IS to plant a large quantity ot of seed on i a small rather rich land and 3 onion sets set drying on trays tray plied piled in a field thus procure a great number ot of bulbs that are undersized owing to crowding and lack of at plant food the greater number ot of these bulbs bulb Is do not attain sufficient size elze or matu maturity rity to produce seed the following season and are really plants in which the process at growth has haa been arrested in the united states the onion set industry Is largely confined to a fe few areas the crop Is extensively grown near louisville ky Chilli chillicothe 0 and chicago ill la in the platte platta river valley of nebraska in southwestern now jersey and in southern california the entire area devoted to this athla enterprise anter in these localities is 1 estimated it at from 2500 to acres acre the yield to the acre varies with the locality but the average about bushels the market for onion sets la Is found I 1 throughout the entire country the greater portion being disposed of at in small quantities the climatic conditions governing the production of onion sets are practically the same barno as those for standard onions although it Is not necessary to plant quite so BO early in the spring onion sets can undoubtedly be grown in any part of the northern states where suitable soli soil conditions can the ie obtained the soil adapted to t 0 on onion ion set act culture la Is as a rule about the same as that required r for the growing grov dirig of large onsol onions except that the land should not be be so ao rich rich |
