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generally grown for market, are perhaps the best of all 

 for family use. They are grown by planting the small 

 bulbs, early in spring, in rows 1 foot apart, by 4 or 5 inches 

 in the row, and cultivated otherwise as described for those 

 grown from sets. The increase is formed by the bulb, as 

 it grows, splitting up and dividing into six or eight bulbs, 

 these forming the crop when at maturity in August. 



Top 5 or Tree Onion • — Has a bulb in size and general 



appearance similar to the Po- 

 tato Onion, but is propagated 

 by the singular production of 

 a cluster of small bulbs in 

 place of flowers. These resem- 

 ble a cluster of hazel nuts, 

 and by them it propagates 

 very rapidly. It is grown to 

 a considei*able extent, in some 

 places, as an early market 

 sort, sold green ; when i*ipe, 

 it must be used early in the 

 season, as it does not keep well in winter. The planting 

 and subsequent culture is the same as for other sorts. 



. 57. — TOP ONION. 



PARSLEY. — [Petroselinum sativum.) 

 A vegetable in more general use for garnishing than any 

 other plant of our gardens ; it is also extensively used in 

 soups, stews, etc. .Its cultivation forms quite an import- 

 ant item in market gai'dens, particularly under glass. 



