46 Circular N0. 14.
deep, will require no protection during the winter. Setslmay I
be planted in the spring as soon as the ground is in shape, but ‘
will not produce as early onions as those planted in the fall.
Two to three quarts of sets will be required to plant 100 feet of
drill. S p
Dry Onions. The dry onions may be grown from sets, from
seed sown in the open or from seeds sown under glass, the plants ·
of which are transplanted in the field when large enough to
handle. Onions from sets may be harvested about sixty days
earlier than those from seed.
, When seed are sown directly in the field they should be
‘ drilled early in the spring in rows twelve to eighteen inches
apart. One ounce of seed is sufficient to sow one hundred
I feet of 1'O\V. After the plants are well up it is often necessary
l to thin them to about two to three inches apart. Vlfeeding
should be done frequently and thoroly. By the trans-
l planting method seed is sown in a hotbed or cold frame in
January or February and the young plants are transplanted in
the field when four or five inches high. They are set from two
to three inches apart in rows eighteen inches apart and the tops
. l are clipped back. .
Shallow cultivation should be given during the growing
pe1·iod of the crop. \Vhen the bulbs are full grown, at which
` time the tops begin to die, they should be pulled and left in.
the field for a few days to dry. The tops are then clipped and
. the onions may be stored in a dry, warm place.
Varieties: Red \Veatliersfield, Prize Taker, Silver Skin,
Yellow Globe Danvers and the Potato.
PARSLEY. i
Parsley is not only useful for garnishing' and flavoring,
but may be utilized as a decorative plantQ Seed may be drilled
or broadeasted in autumn or early spring. The seedlings
should be thinned to stand about six or eight inches apart.
The plants may be cut freely, for they throw up new shoots
from the roots. A ten foot row will amply supply an ordinary
family.
Varieties: Champion Moss Curled, Double Ourled.