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or bulb becomes nicely blanched.' This is propagated 

 from top sets, the latter to be planted as soon as they 

 are mature, which is some time in August, this in a 

 spot where they can be left for years, to yield an 

 annually increased amount of green stalks for 

 bunching. 



Another plan of growing bunching onions has 

 recently found consideration. This is to sow seed 

 of the hardy Barletta, and possibly White Portugal 



Fig 44 EGYPTIAN OR PERENNIAL TREE ONION 



or Silverskin, in open ground during August, in same 

 way as for ordinary onions, only using more seed, and 

 leaving the onions out over winter, perhaps slightly 

 protected by a thin layer of coarse litter, to make 

 green bunching onions in early spring. I have had 

 fairly good success in first trials. 



