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April ; for, if delayed until May, warm weather sets in 

 and delays, or rather prolongs the growth until fall, and 

 often the bulbs will not ripen. We find that, unless the 

 Ouion tops dry oft* and the bulbs ripen by August, they 

 will hardly do so later. The best known sorts are Early 

 Flat Red, Yellow Globe Dauvers, and South port White 

 Globe. The Italian kinds best suited for the Southern 

 States are White Queen and Red Giant Rocca. 

 Two kinds are grown exclusively from bulbs. One of 



Fig. 129. — souTnpoRT white globe onion. 



these is the Potato Onion, or ''Multiplier," which in- 

 creases by the bulb splitting up and dividing itself into 

 six or eight smaller bulbs, which in turn form the sets 

 to plant for the next crop. The other variety is what is 

 called the Top Onion, which forms little bulbs on the 

 stem in the place of flowers. These bulbs are in clusters, 

 and about the size of hazel nuts. The bulbs are broken 



