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grown in the north than when grown in the south. What 

 is known as common garlic is the kind most generally used. 



Fig. 70. /, French shallots; 2, top onions (red); 3, Jersey shallots; 4, 

 garlic; 5, potato onions. 



LEEKS (Attium porrum) 



Description. Said to be a native of Switzerland. A 

 biennial. The leek is closely allied to the onion, which it 

 resembles in flavor, color of seed, and flower. It does not 

 form a bulb, however, but a straight bunch of leaves, which 

 are used almost entirely in a fresh or uncooked condition. 

 The leaves are flat instead of round and hollow, as is the case 

 with onions. As yet this vegetable is little grown in this 

 country, except around the large cities. 



Cultivation. Its requirements are about the same, 

 and it may be cultivated in much the same way, as the 

 onion, but it is more common to sow the seed early in spring 

 and transplant in summer, setting plants very deep, as the 



