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Remarks. —But over 700 bushels have been raised to the acre,
as the Congregalionalist, of Boston, shows by the following in answer to an inquiry of a correspondent, who asked: "How many onions can be raised to the acre ? " To which the editor makes this statement: " In answer to the above, we give a letter received recently from Deer Island, Boston Harbor, where one of the public institutions of Boston is located. ' In reply to yours of this date, I would say that in the year 1869, we raised, on 7 acres of land, 5, 000 bushels of onions, good measure. I selected and had measured off 1/2 an acre of land where the crop was the best, and measured from this 1/2 acre 486 bushels of onions. The onions grew very large. I sent 1 bushel to the fair that averaged 1 pound each. '"
Remarks. —But now, it is not to be understood that this was done on poorly
prepared soil, but rather, soil adapted to them (a sandy loam is considered best), and previously, no doubt, cultivated to onions, having been well manured and well worked.
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