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soon crowd each other, and growth is checked, causing them t0
ripen prenlatllrtlly. Good sets should not 1~ more than a half inch
in diameter. Ver>, small onions which are selected from the
genera1 crop - callt~l “ rare-ripes” _ arc bornetimes used as sets,
but they are usually too large, t0 give good results.
Somtb onions -- the “ multiplier” or “potato onions” - increase
tllc\nist~l\-es t,J- division of the bulb. The small bull,, which is
planted in tlxt spring, splits up into several distinct parts, each one
Of which will multiply itself in the satne manner when planted the
fOliowing year.
Ophiopogon. LiliWa?.
Propa~att~d 1):~ tii\.ision. See Liliaccae, page 349.
Oplismenus. G’rw ;I/ tw.
I’ropa~atcd 1))~ rlij-isions of the rOotinK stems ; seeds, when
OE)t~lillill)l(‘.
Opunlia (Priclil>y Ik~r. Indian Fig). C~cfnct~w.
SWANS grow r(na(lilj-, sown as so011 as ripe in ordinary sandy soil,
either in the houw Or 0lltrloor.s. ?‘hch joints or pads root freely if
laitl 0n ~1~1. It 1~ *.I custrmlur>- to allow t.hese cuttings to dry several
da>3 ldow planting them. SW alto C&i, page 261.
Orach (. 1frildts.l ,bd~~~.si~). ('ll~r~?lo~)otli~lc(~a?.
Itaiwcl front S~YYIS, 5o~vv11 kvl~rc~ tile plants are to stand.
Orange (Cl~iIrtr.9 A-l~rrtrrltirlrtl,
1.11. 14. Iluitlt~.)
C. s~~2o~bsis and others). Kutacm?.
The orangr’, in coniniOn with Other fruits Of the genus (.litrus, is
generally propagattbtl by workin g on orange seedlings or seedlings
of relilt~~i 1 spcGt3. The stocks are grown from seeds of sour orange,
swt~ t orang