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Literary
March 22, 1833
The Alleghanian
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia
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Instructions for raising onion seed, including soil preparation, fall planting, care, and harvesting.
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SEED ONIONS.
One of our subscribers makes inquiries
about seed onions, or raising onion seed.
For raising onion seed, select ground
that is not too dry and sandy, as onions
thrive best in a moderately damp and
strong soil; let the soil be well prepared
by manuring and deep ploughing, laying
it out into beds about three and half or
four feet wide. Into these beds, about the
last of October, or fore part of November,
let the onions intended for seed be placed
in drills five or six inches deep and from
eight to twelve inches from each other
either way. For planting select the best
shaped onions of the variety wished; let
them be set in the drills as when growing,
and covered with fine earth. Onions plant-
ed in the fall are found to produce better
than when planted in the spring; and when
the ground is in good order, they will pro-
duce as well the second year as the first,
after which time they are found to suffer.
In April the leaves will have appeared
above the ground, when they should
carefully be hoed, and the ground kept free
of weeds, until the seed swells.
shoots up should be taken care of, and supported by cords or lath; there should be many Cross supports as well as running lengthwise of the beds.
After the seeds have been gathered the heads should be cut off and laid by until dry, when they should be threshed, and the seed separated from the chaff.
One of our subscribers makes inquiries
about seed onions, or raising onion seed.
For raising onion seed, select ground
that is not too dry and sandy, as onions
thrive best in a moderately damp and
strong soil; let the soil be well prepared
by manuring and deep ploughing, laying
it out into beds about three and half or
four feet wide. Into these beds, about the
last of October, or fore part of November,
let the onions intended for seed be placed
in drills five or six inches deep and from
eight to twelve inches from each other
either way. For planting select the best
shaped onions of the variety wished; let
them be set in the drills as when growing,
and covered with fine earth. Onions plant-
ed in the fall are found to produce better
than when planted in the spring; and when
the ground is in good order, they will pro-
duce as well the second year as the first,
after which time they are found to suffer.
In April the leaves will have appeared
above the ground, when they should
carefully be hoed, and the ground kept free
of weeds, until the seed swells.
shoots up should be taken care of, and supported by cords or lath; there should be many Cross supports as well as running lengthwise of the beds.
After the seeds have been gathered the heads should be cut off and laid by until dry, when they should be threshed, and the seed separated from the chaff.
What sub-type of article is it?
Instructional Prose
Agricultural Guide
What themes does it cover?
Agriculture Rural
What keywords are associated?
Onion Seed
Raising Onions
Soil Preparation
Fall Planting
Seed Harvesting
Literary Details
Title
Seed Onions.
Subject
Raising Onion Seed
Form / Style
Practical Guide In Prose
Key Lines
For Raising Onion Seed, Select Ground That Is Not Too Dry And Sandy, As Onions Thrive Best In A Moderately Damp And Strong Soil.
Onions Planted In The Fall Are Found To Produce Better Than When Planted In The Spring.
After The Seeds Have Been Gathered The Heads Should Be Cut Off And Laid By Until Dry, When They Should Be Threshed, And The Seed Separated From The Chaff.