...any soil. The seeds should be sown in April or May, in drills fifteen inches apart and an inch deep, and when the plants are three or four inches high they should be thinned out to ten or twelve inches apart. To make it produce large-sized leaves abundantly, tlie flower stems should...

...although simple, has never failed to give a good stand of onions at the experiment station. As soon as the plants are three or four inches high they should be thinned to three inches apart in the row. Weeds and grass should never be permitted to grow in the onion bed...

...growth and vigor of the vin^ and the number of sprays and size of the flowers. Training the Plants. When the plants are three or four inches high they should be provided with something to cling to. Tree boughs with plenty of twigs form good supports. A trellis...

...for early planting in this latitude should be sown the last of February in the hotbed or greenhouse. When the plants are three or four inches high they should be transplanted into well-prepared cold frames or light hotbeds. Set plants every three inches in rows...