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| Keywords: J. Steckler Seed Co., Ltd. garden manual 1900 (16387092467).jpg 68 <br> J STECKXER SEED CO I/fD ALMANAC AND <br> ing and replaced in the morning Some <br> gardeners use Latanias for covering the <br> beds When the seed is coming up say in <br> 7 or 9 daj's the cover has to be removed <br> entirely; but if the weather is dry the <br> watering has to be continued They thrive <br> best in loamy soil Can be planted in the <br> same ground for years and require no rota- <br> tion as other crops <br> When the plants have reached the size of <br> a goose quiil they are transplanted into <br> rows which can be from one to two feet <br> apart according to the mode of cultivation <br> and about five or six inches apart in the <br> rows The ground should be thoroughly <br> prepared before setting out the plants We <br> generally shorten the tops and roots In <br> April the Onion will be ready to be taken <br> In sections where it is too cold to sow <br> Onion seed in the fall the Creole seed can <br> be sown in January and February; in that <br> case they should be sown very thinly in <br> drills thinned out to a proper stand and by <br> the end of spring they will produce a good <br> sized Onion Growers here use very little <br> if any fertilizers but it can be used with <br> advantage For spring sowing we recom- <br> mend the Bermuda seed <br> The seed of the Creole Onion which we <br> offer is grown for us by an experienced <br> Onion grower at Lafourche No better <br> stock can be found We do not depend <br> upon chance purchases; very often seed 43933569 150250 78709 Page 68 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43933569 1900 10 5962/bhl title 78709 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; J Steckler Seed Co Biodiversity Heritage Library J Steckler Seed Co Ltd garden manual 1900 dealers in vegetable flower field and grass seeds Garden Stories Catalogs J Steckler Seed Co Seed industry and trade Seeds Trade catalogs Vegetables U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 43933569 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43933569 bhlGardenStories Onions BHLinbloom j steckler seed co u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-02-18 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16387092467 2015-08-24 02 54 18 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Onions J Steckler Seed Co Ltd garden manual 1900 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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