76 THE NEW ONION CULTURE 



milder sections of the South the Potato onion will 

 grow during the entire winter. The mature bulbs 

 should be stored in thin layers in a dry apartment to 

 insure their keeping. This variety is rarely, if ever, 

 affected by the onion maggot. From the fact that the 

 small bulbs increase in size and the large ones multi- 

 ply, it is necessary to plant both sizes in order to secure 

 onions for market and also maintain the stock. 



Shallots are frequently mistaken for the Potato 

 onion. They differ from it in throwing up an occa- 

 sional seed shoot and in the bulb always multiplying, 



Fig 47 POTATO ONION OR MULTIPLIER 



which is" not true with small Potato onions. The bulbs 

 are more oblong in shape than the Potato onion. 

 Shallots are small, may be kept the year round, and 

 possess a mild, pleasant flavor. 



TOP ONIONS 



To this class of onions, produced from top sets, 

 as shown in Fig 44, properly belongs the 



Egyptian (Winter Onion, Perennial, or Tree 

 Onion) An unusually hardy variety in the colder 

 states, remaining in the ground with safety all winter. 

 It starts early in the spring and may be bunched and 

 marketed several weeks before any other variety. 

 The quality is inferior, but the bulbs may be readily 



