How to Grow Onions: With Notes on Varieties

by Tuisco Greiner

How to Grow Onions: With Notes on Varieties by Tuisco Greiner

CONTENTS:


* ONIONS
o SOIL.
o MANURE.
o PEEPARATION OF THE SOIL.
o SEED.
o SOWING THE SEED.
o AMOUNT OF SEED PER ACRE.
o ROLLING.
o CULTIVATION.
o HAND WEEDING.
o INJUEIOUS INSECTS.
o THINNING.
o HARVESTING THE CROP.
o MARKETING.
o WINTERING.
o VARIETIES.


* ONION CULTURE BY IRRIGATION.
o KINDS OF SOIL.
o VARIETIES.
o PLANTING.
o CULTIVATION.
o HARVESTING.
o STORING FOR WINTER.
o THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD SEED.
o GENERAL REMARKS.
o IRRIGATION.

* VARIETIES OF ONIONS.
o AMERICAN ONIONS. ROUND YELLOW DANVERS.
o YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS.
o YELLOW STRASBURG, OR DUTCH.
o SOUTHPORT LARGE YELLOW GLOBE.
o LARGE RED WETHERSFLELD.
o EXTRA EARLY RED.
o LARGE RED GLOBK
o LARGE WHITE GLOBE, OR SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE ONION.
o WHITE SILVER SKIN, OR WHITE PORTUGAL.
o HARD, ROUND, SILVER SKIN.
o ITALIAN ONIONS.
o EARLIEST WHITE QUEEN.
o GOLDEN QUEEN OR GOLDEN GEM.
o SILVER WHITE ETNA, OR EXTRA EARLY PEARL.
o PALE RED ETNA, OR RED PEARL.
o NEAPOLITAN MARZAJOLE.
o GIANT ROCCA, OF NAPLES.
o GIANT RED ROCCA.
o GIANT YELLOW ROCCA, OR GOLDEN GLOBE TRIPOLI.
o GIANT WHITE ROCCA, OR SILVER BALL.
o GIANT WHITE ITALIAN TRIPOLI.
o RED MAMMOTH TRIPOLI, OR BERMUDA RED.
o BURPEE'S MAMMOTH SILVER KING.
o MAMMOTH POMPEII.

* ONION SETS.
o HOW TO GROW AND STORE THEM.
o MANUFACTURE OF STORAGE CRATES.
o CLEANING AND SORTING.

80 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 15, 2010